Regarding Greg Kelly and Katie Horgan’s “Buttigieg’s War and ‘The Shortest Way Home’” (op-ed, Jan. 7): Mayor Pete was a stellar graduate of Harvard University; there is no organization that would not gladly have welcomed him into its ranks. The Navy was lucky to have such an obviously qualified candidate. Mayor Pete is multilingual in eight languages, including Arabic.

The commissioning source and speed aren’t at all significant. Getting the best people is.

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