To Hegseth I am surely no veteran. I fought no wars. To him, my — incompetent! distracting! — enlistment must be meaningless.

After 23 years, the fate of the last remaining Guantanamo detainees swept up worldwide after al-Qaida’s shattering attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, is reaching a pivotal moment this month.

Palestinian detainees from the Gaza Strip are subject to severe violence and insults in Israeli prisons, Israeli media said ...