Washington will take the vote. Pete Hegseth is blocking some of the Navy's most qualified women from the top ranks, so for the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty woman is on track to make admiral. In the middle of a war, his priority is testosterone testing. And Congress just tried to cut the disability benefits earned by veterans with conditions like tinnitus and sleep apnea.

Ken Harbaugh continues his conversation with Army veteran Kris Goldsmith, digging into revelations that the Pentagon quietly removed four service members from official KIA counts because their deaths occurred during a ceasefire. Together they examine why so few retired generals and admirals have spoken out against what looks like a deliberate effort to obscure the true cost of the war with Iran.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth went before the Senate Appropriations Committee on July 21 to defend an $87.6 billion supplemental funding request for the Iran war — and left senators from both parties frustrated with the answers he gave. In this episode, Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones breaks down some of the most contentious moments from the hearing; from the cost of the war to the demand for “straight answers”.

Ken Harbaugh calls out Pete Hegseth's silence on American casualties in the Iran war, arguing the Pentagon is dodging accountability rather than protecting security. He talks with Army combat veteran Kris Goldsmith about what that silence costs military morale and the troops living with the consequences.

Ken Harbaugh calls out Pete Hegseth's silence on American casualties in the Iran war, arguing the Pentagon is dodging accountability rather than protecting security. He talks with Army combat veteran Kris Goldsmith about what that silence costs military morale and the troops living with the consequences.

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Marine Corps veteran Maura Sullivan and Navy veteran Rebecca Bennett take on what leadership really means when it's responsibility for human lives — and where this administration is failing that test.

Ken Harbaugh breaks down the Trump administration's shifting, contradictory rationale for the Iran war, and Pete Hegseth's tone-deaf response to two more American deaths in Jordan. Then he talks with viral veteran commentator "Angry Male Vet" about reaching MAGA-world defectors through trusted messengers.

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Retired Navy Commander Bobby Jones sits down with retired Army Brigadier General Leela Gray; 3 decades in uniform, commander at every echelon, and now the Democrat running to unseat Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in Florida's 13th District.

Ken Harbaugh breaks down Secretary Hegseth's bizarre new testosterone-focused initiative for the military, questioning why the Pentagon chief is fixated on appearance-driven masculinity in the middle of a shooting war with Iran. Ken talks with Army combat veteran and Veterans Fighting Fascism founder Kris Goldsmith to unpack what's really behind Hegseth's latest obsession.

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Ken Harbaugh continues his conversation with Lt. Col. Alex Vindman, examining how Trump's transactional approach to foreign policy — from Hormuz tolls to Venezuelan oil — has eroded America's global standing and rules-based international order. Vindman, now running for U.S. Senate in Florida, discusses the dangers of politicized national security under a Republican Party defined by fealty to a single man.