The Department of Defense is defending its decision to invite controversial Pastor Doug Wilson, a self-described Christian nationalist who opposes women serving in combat, to preside over a 15-minute worship service at the Pentagon this week.
A spokeswoman for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he was glad to welcome Wilson to the Pentagon on Tuesday to deliver a devotional as part of a monthly Christian gathering he instituted last summer.
“Despite the Left’s efforts to remove our Christian heritage from our great nation, Secretary Hegseth is among those who embrace it,” the spokeswoman’s statement read.
In an interview with Military Times, Wilson, a Navy veteran who served aboard the USS Tusk and USS Ray from 1971 to 1975, said the heart of his message to the hundreds of…
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