Hegseth blocks release of boat-strike video
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Defense secretary takes to X, arguing that the role of military chaplains ‘has been degraded in an atmosphere of political correctness’
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth offered few details on his plan. But he said the military was alienating soldiers by treating clergy as therapists.
"Trump campaigned on ending wars, but his ongoing threats of escalation with Venezuela directly contradict that promise," a pollster told Military.com.
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Pete Hegseth wants to gut the Pentagon’s combatant command system
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is floating a major shake-up of the Pentagon’s combatant command system, potentially downgrading powerful regional commanders created by Goldwater-Nichols. -Dr. Robert Farley argues that questioning the aging COCOM model is fair—but doing it by executive fiat,
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied ordering the U.S. military to "kill everybody" and said news reports claiming such are "fake news."
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth was already facing questions for his role in the September 2 strikes on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean. Then on Thursday, a Pentagon report dropped that says he risked a United States bombing mission in Yemen when he shared classified plans on Signal.
President Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth have rejected the Constitution in their zeal to stop illicit drugs from entering the U.S.