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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-02T13:40:00.000Z",
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  "textContent": "We've had past presidents proclaim, 'God protect our soldiers,' but 'this is different in kind from anything we've seen before,' one military law expert tells **Brendan Rascius** , while a former US ambassador calls Hegseth’s war religiosity ‘performance art’",
  "title": "What in God’s name is Pete Hegseth doing in Iran? Defense secretary ripped for framing war as ‘Jesus vs Muhammad’",
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