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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is being pressured to backtrack after an airstrike gone wrong, according to The Atlantic.<\/p>\n

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The Pentagon is moving towards restoring as many as half of the roles that Hegseth cut during a “pugnacious” purge at the Department of Defense, according to reporting by The Atlantic. Hegseth’s downsizing included the firing or reassignment of staff dedicated to avoiding civilian casualties in war, the reporting noted.<\/p>\n

“The potential reversal, which hasn’t previously been reported, now awaits Hegseth’s signature,” according to The Atlantic. The Pentagon is considering bringing back staff as it deals with the fallout of an airstrike that killed almost 170 people, most of them children, at a school in southern Iran, The Atlantic reported.<\/p>\n

The Atlantic also noted that Hegseth said early in the conflict that the U.S. would fight with “no stupid rules of engagement” and “no politically correct wars.”<\/p>\n

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An anonymous Pentagon official confirmed to The Atlantic that the DoD is “currently undergoing a strategic reassessment to inform its future reorganization.”<\/p>\n

A Pentagon inspector general report this spring determined that the DoD’s cuts to civilian-harm protections may have violated laws designed to protect noncombatants, The Atlantic reported. Leaders of the Pentagon’s combatant commands also support the restoration of personnel who can safeguard against civilian casualties, a U.S. official told The Atlantic.<\/p>\n

“Over the last year, we have seen a total disconnect between the willingness to wage wars all over the world, at an unprecedented pace and scale, while at the same time all but abandoning their leading role in setting up the systems and approaches needed to better protect civilians,” Emily Tripp, the head of Airwars, an independent UK-based watchdog, told The Atlantic.<\/p>\n

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