“Our present moment is much like the 11th century,” Hegseth ... presents his support for Israel as a renewal of medieval crusades.” “We don’t want to fight, but, like our fellow ...

The 11th-Century coins were found between two stones ... of Caesarea were massacred by the army of Baldwin I, who ruled the Crusader kingdom of Jerusalem between the years 1100 and 1118.

Hegseth's commitment to extremist Christian nationalism, if put in a position of great power and authority, would pose a serious threat to the right to religious freedom enshrined in the Constitution.