The Washington Post is reporting that several conservative veterans with big online followings have been given secret Pentagon jobs, where they promote Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s agenda and attack the Trump administration’s critics. Those involved include Rob Maness, a retired Air Force colonel, and Kurt Schlichter, a retired Army colonel. They both have active official government email addresses and are assigned to the office of Anthony Tata, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Adam Kinzinger, a former Republican congressman and Air Force veteran, said on social media, “How many more people that are blue checkmarks on X that are putting out information on behalf of the federal government, and Donald Trump, and the Republican Party, … are actually special government employees?”