{"id":2390149,"date":"2025-01-14T12:25:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hegseth-spars-with-jack-reed-over-crude-nickname-for-selfish-military-officers-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T12:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T17:26:13","slug":"hegseth-spars-with-jack-reed-over-crude-nickname-for-selfish-military-officers-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hegseth-spars-with-jack-reed-over-crude-nickname-for-selfish-military-officers-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth spars with Jack Reed over crude nickname for selfish military officers &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhegseth-spars-with-jack-reed-over-crude-nickname-for-selfish-military-officers-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2390149&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text includes a button labeled &#8220;Read more&#8230;&#8221;\u200d that allows users to expand content\u2064 for additional information. There are several\u200b instances of \u2062XML encoding, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">layout includes components typical<\/a> of\u2064 a\u200b website, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evan-gershkovich-receives-16-year-sentence-in-russian-prison-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Evan Gershkovich receives 16-year sentence in Russian prison - Washington Examiner\">mobile menu buttons<\/a> and a search \u200bfunctionality. \u200cThe name &#8220;Hegseth&#8221; appears, but no detailed content is\u200c provided to summarize \u2064further. The overall structure suggests a digital interface for an online platform, likely \u200bassociated with news or articles, specifically referencing the \u200bWashington Examiner website.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hegseth spars with Jack Reed over crude nickname for selfish military officers<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1935029\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect Donald Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-hegseth-draws-attention-over-edward-gallagher-controversy-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Pete Hegseth draws attention over Edward Gallagher controversy - Washington Examiner\">defense secretary nominee<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pete Hegseth\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>, sparred with Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jack-reed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jack Reed\">Jack Reed<\/a> (D-RI) over his use of an insult for military lawyers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>During Hegseth&rsquo;s confirmation hearing Monday, Reed expressed concern over Hegseth&rsquo;s respect for authority. As an example, he brought up an alleged incident where Hegseth referred to lawyers in the Army Judge Advocate General&rsquo;s Corps as &ldquo;JAGoffs.&rdquo; Reed asked Hegseth to explain what that meant.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">don&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t think I need to, sir,&rdquo; Hegseth responded, saying, &ldquo;The men and women watching understand.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenJackReed?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenJackReed<\/a>: &#8220;Would you explain what a JAG off is?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pete Hegseth: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think I need to, sir&hellip;the men and women watching understand&hellip;it would be a JAG officer who puts his or her own priorities in front of the war fighters.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q6f2EnoVFa\">pic.twitter.com\/Q6f2EnoVFa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1879191619913605240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Reed pressed the question, saying his colleagues may not understand.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It would be a JAG officer who puts his or her own priorities in front of the war fighters. Their promotions, their medals, in front of having the backs of those who are making the tough calls on the front lines,&rdquo; Hegseth explained.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;JAGoff&rdquo; is a play on the Pittsburgher insult &ldquo;jagoff,&rdquo; which denotes a cruel person of low intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Reed bashed Hegseth in his opening statement, indicating that he voted for all other defense secretary nominees, including during Trump&rsquo;s first term, but that he was unlikely to vote for him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I do not believe that you are qualified to meet the overwhelming demands of this job. We must acknowledge the concerning public reports against you,&rdquo; Reed said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The totality of your own writings and alleged conduct would disqualify any service member from holding any leadership position in the military, much less being confirmed as the secretary of Defense,&rdquo;&nbsp;he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1935029\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1935029\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hegseth clashes with Reed over derogatory term for military lawyers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2390150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-6.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[45173,48493,48494,22500,32076],"class_list":["post-2390149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-hegseth","tag-jack-reed","tag-military-officers","tag-nickname","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pete-hegseth-confirmation-hearing-6.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2390149"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2390153,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2390149\/revisions\/2390153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2390150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2390149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2390149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2390149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}