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I\u2019ve written before<\/span> about how US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has ties to an ascendant Christian nationalist movement. Specifically, he attends a church in the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches (CREC), a denomination founded by Idaho pastor Doug Wilson, who has said that women\u2019s suffrage was \u201ca mistake\u201d and suggested that homosexuality should be considered a crime. Hegseth invited Wilson to preach at the Pentagon earlier this year, where he exhorted the troops to renew their focus on Christ.<\/p>

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A senior defense official in Hegseth\u2019s department appears to share these ties\u2014and has expressed Christian nationalist and far-right views on social media. Justin Overbaugh, a retired US Army colonel, currently serves as Deputy Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security. According to Overbaugh\u2019s Department of War profile, he is responsible for \u201coverseeing defense intelligence and security agencies and shaping policy to advance national security and military operations.\u201d In other words, the role comes with considerable responsibility and visibility. After being hand-picked by Hegseth, Overbaugh was confirmed with little controversy last September.<\/p>\n

Overbaugh is a decorated veteran who led intelligence operations in the Middle East as well as in the United States and Europe for 25 years. Yet despite this extensive experience in sensitive communications, his social media presence has a freewheeling quality about it. Machismo is a central theme: On his personal X\u00a0account, he frequently posts a black-and-white image of an AK-47, accompanied by the text \u201cCome and Take It.\u201d Another favorite refrain is the phrase, \u201cWeak men create hard times.\u201d In response to a tweet showing a child\u2019s drawing of a soldier killing someone along with the words \u201cI hope you kill a lot of people in the war,\u201d Overbaugh asked in a reply if the child was \u201cold enough to join the Army? If so, have we got an opportunity for him!\u201d He has advocated for people to carry weapons to attend church and referred to lax immigration policies as \u201csuicidal empathy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Overbaugh rails frequently against immigration, sometimes veering into unapologetic extreme nationalism. In February 2025, Overbaugh tweeted, \u201cI love Germany and Germans. I hope Germany remains German.\u201d He included a link to the website of the far-right populist political party in Germany, Alternative f\u00fcr Deutschland (AFD), some factions of which have ties to neo-Nazi movements. He has also tweeted in support of Tommy Robinson, the British far-right, anti-Islam activist who has crusaded against Muslim immigrants in England.<\/p>\n

Overbaugh regularly hypes Wilson\u2019s CREC denomination and posts about going to Christ Church DC, whichWilson planted last year in the nation\u2019s capital. He has tweeted links to sermons given by leaders at Wilson\u2019s church in Moscow, Idaho. In keeping with Wilson\u2019s CREC ethos, Overbaugh sometimes advocates for government-endorsed Christianity. In response to a tweet about Texas\u2019 new law that requires Bible stories and verses in public schools, for instance, he tweeted a quote from the Old Testament book of Proverbs: \u201cThe fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.\u201d<\/p>

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Overbaugh\u2019s enthusiasm for Christian nationalist ideals is also apparent in his endorsement of Stephen Wolfe, author of the 2022 book The Case for Christian Nationalism<\/em>, published by Canon Press, which Wilson founded in the 1980s. In this book, Wolfe argued in favor of \u00a0a \u201ccivil magistrate\u201d to govern the United States, who \u201cmust restrain and punish the public expression of false religion, blasphemy, and heresy.\u201d At a conference a few years back, he argued, \u201cIf we say that America is a Judeo-Christian country, then it can\u2019t be a Christian country, okay?\u201d<\/p>\n

Last week, Wolfe announced a new project called The Institute of Christian Politics, a training program based in North Carolina\u00a0\u201cto help lay the intellectual foundation for a renewal of serious Protestant leadership and to prepare gifted young men for responsible service in American institutions and public life,\u201d according to its website. In a video announcing the project, Wolfe tells viewers that Christians \u201care making real progress in electoral politics and the practical work of government. We have office holders, staffers, organizers, writers, and institutions that train people in the practical art of politics.\u201d But, he says, there is more to be done in connecting \u201ctalented young Christians\u201d to \u201cthe institutions that shape public thought and national leadership.\u201d That, he says, is where his new project comes in. In response to Wolfe\u2019s tweet announcing the project, Overbaugh replied, \u201cHow can I help?\u201d<\/p>\n

Outside of social media, Overbaugh has been busy at the Pentagon. In a February before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, he vowed to transform the agency \u201cfrom a cumbersome bureaucracy to an agile organization that can serve as a model for the rest of the government.\u201d A major focus has been a modernization of the National Background Investigation Services, including an expansion of a program that allows agencies to onboard employees \u201cwith an interim clearance while awaiting a full investigation.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Jacob Bliss, a Pentagon deputy press secretary, did not answer any of the questions Mother Jones<\/em> emailed for this story; instead, he called Overbaugh \u201ca qualified, patriotic professional\u201d and said the agency was \u201cproud to have him as a political appointee at the Department of War.\u201d In June, the Pentagon declined to comment on my colleague Anna Merlan\u2019s reporting on the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering posting references to the QAnon conspiracy theory. Last year, the department also didn\u2019t respond to Merlan\u2019s request for comment on the hiring of deputy press secretary Kingsley Wilson, who has also expressed extremist beliefs, including support for Germany\u2019s AFD party.<\/p>

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