The unusual meeting to which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned hundreds of senior officers on short notice, pulling them from their posts around the world to Quantico, Virginia, ended up not as a showcase of major changes to the military but a recitation of familiar talking points from him and his boss, President Donald Trump .

The meeting did include, though, Trump talking about the successes he believes he’s had in sending the military into American cities, and a potential preview of more to come.

“I told Pete, we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military National Guard, but military, because we’re going into Chicago very soon," Trump said.

Speaking before Trump arrived at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico on Tuesday morning, Hegseth talk

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