Pete Hegseth Is Closing a Pentagon Office That Wins Wars
Shuttering a department that was vital to victory in the Cold War? That's a great way to lose the battles of tomorrow.
Pete Hegseth appoints his personal lawyer to a powerful Pentagon post
The defense secretary made his personal lawyer a Navy commander in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps. The closer one looks, ...
Hegseth orders Pentagon employees to respond to Musk’s latest ‘What you did last week’ email
Hegseth’s directive comes after Pentagon officials instructed DoD employees not to respond to a Feb. 22 “What did you do last ...
Tattooed Hegseth Is Going After Beards in the Military With Grooming Standards Review
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a review of the military’s grooming standards —and he wants his generals to look very closely at beards. In a memo to senior military leaders, Hegseth asked ...
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Hegseth Wants to Accelerate DOD Software Acquisition
Learn more about the DOD secretary's memo directing the department to adopt the Software Acquisition Pathway and advance the ...
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Hegseth Returns to Guantánamo, This Time as Defense Secretary
Mr. Hegseth served at the U.S. Navy base as a National Guard lieutenant. The base is now being used to hold some migrants who face deportation. By Carol Rosenberg Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ...
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Pete Hegseth’s tenure at the Pentagon goes from bad to worse
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s overseas trip started with heckling from military families. That turned out to be one the best moments of his excursion. By Steve Benen As last week got underway ...
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Hegseth claims Biden administration targeted him with IRS audit
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday accused the Biden administration of orchestrating a last-minute audit of him and his wife by the IRS before last month’s transition of power.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Biden’s IRS targeted him for an audit
Newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claims his family was targeted by the outgoing Biden administration with an audit from the IRS. “Of course the outgoing Biden IRS rushed an ...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrives at Guantanamo Bay, calls it 'front lines of the war' on southern border
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Tuesday, his first trip to the naval installation since being confirmed to his post in January. Hegseth, who served as a U.S ...
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Hegseth wants Pentagon to cut 8% from defense budget for each of the next 5 years
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Pentagon to come up with plans to cut 8% from the defense budget in each of the next five years, according to sources familiar with his plans.
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Hegseth orders $50 billion of defense budget redirected from Biden to Trump priorities
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to cut 8% of next year's defense budget – around $50 billion – from "low-impact and low-priority" Biden-era programs to redirect the funds ...