Week in Review | 'Cowardly and Despicable' Men and the 'Stupidity' of the Iran War
Saturday, March 14, 2026 ■ The Week in Review 'Pete Hegseth Needs to Be Fired—Immediately' After Slaughter of 150 Iranian School Children Sens. Chris Van Hollen and Elizabeth Warren make the case for the urgent ouster of President Donald Trump's Defense Secretary. By Jon Queally • Mar 13, 2026 “Pete Hegseth needs to be fired—immediately,” argues US Sen. Chris Van Hollen in a video statement posted Thursday night alongside Sen. Elizabeth Warren , who also backs the demand. Their joint call arrived as global outrage mounts over the bombing of a Iranian school on Feb. 28 that killed upwards of 175 civilians, mostly young children . Warren cited preliminary findings of a Pentagon report out this week that determined the US was the highly likely culprit behind the school massacre in the southeastern city of Minab, she noted, “killing mostly little girls between the ages of seven and 14.” RECOMMENDED... Preliminary Pentagon Findings Betray Trump’s Outrageous Lie...