Hegseth crossing the Deleware

It's just a few military secrets on a non-secure channel between friends and family. No biggie!

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Just weeks after we learned that Secretary of Defense and Group Chats Pete Hegseth added the editor of The Atlantic to a Signal chat about bombing militants in Yemen, a new story alleges that Hegseth was sharing other military secrets with friends and family. Now, I’m not the civilian leader of the most power military on the planet. I’m just a cartoonist. But I’ve had to sign my fair share of non-disclosure agreements. I treat these NDAs as sacred. Even though no one will die if I let slip I’m working on a commercial for Febreze or toy concepts for Hasbro, I keep those secrets secret. Apparently, the Secretary of Defense doesn’t try to do the same when it comes to classified military intel.

By the way, there are 11 different characters in this one cartoon. Holy cow, it took forever to draw! But it was worth it.

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