Admiral Nancy Lacore: Hegseth Fired Her, but She’s Not Finished | At Our Table

We sit down with Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore to talk about three decades of Navy service and her decision to keep serving in a new way. A three-star admiral and former Chief of Navy Reserve, she brings a commander's eye to questions of leadership, family sacrifice, and the state of the military under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

We discuss her path from Holy Cross ROTC to the Pentagon's highest ranks and her run for South Carolina's First District, while confronting a hard truth: hard-earned careers are being pushed aside by politics. Her challenge is clear: leadership means delivering results, not noise. (0:00) Introduction: meet Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore (2:00) Who is Nancy when she's not "Admiral" (5:00) College life at Holy Cross and ROTC (6:00) Hobbies: running, piano, and a hidden love of sewing (12:00) Becoming a three-star admiral (14:00) Juggling two military careers and 29 years on active duty (15:00) Deploying to Afghanistan and Djibouti (17:00) The end of her Navy command (20:00) How her family took the news (22:00) Is Pete Hegseth qualified to run the Pentagon? (23:00) Purging admirals and politicizing promotions (26:00) What she'd ask Hegseth in a hearing (28:00) State of the military, NATO, and threats to democracy (30:00) Supporting military families, not just military contractors (32:00) Why she's running for Congress now (33:00) Nancy Lacore vs. opponent Jenny Hunnicutt (36:00) Her pitch to skeptical Republican voters (37:00) "Show horses" vs. "work horses" (39:00) Top committee picks: Appropriations and Armed Services (40:00) Rapid fire: tea, mountains, and Taylor Swift (44:00) Sit Your Ass Down: this week's honoree (46:00) Closing message to South Carolina's First District Learn more about your ad choices.

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