The new Pentagon chief got a look at Guantánamo Bay’s most infamous inmate in his recent visit to the wartime prison.
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Pete Hegseth Says Quiet Part Out Loud on Why He Fired DoD Lawyers
Military lawyers fear firings will enable Hegseth to bend law
The Pentagon chief said he doesn’t want lawyers who are “roadblocks” to decisions he or military commanders make.
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Hegseth Says He Fired the Top Military Lawyers Because They Weren't Well Suited for the Jobs
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth revealed Sunday on Fox News why the Pentagon will be opening up various positions and called out previous mandates under the Biden-Harris administration that led to the need for “fresh blood.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed senior Pentagon officials and military leaders to forge plans that would result in an 8 percent cut to the defense budget for each year over the next
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Biden’s IRS targeted him for an auditNewly 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 ‘audit’ of the incoming SecDef. Total sham,” Hegseth wrote on his official X account Monday, including a photo of an IRS document addressed to him and his wife.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the funds will be pulled from 'so-called "climate change" and other woke programs.'
The dismissals will begin next week, officials said, and could expand to include tens of thousands of other workers throughout the Defense Department.
President Donald Trump’s Friday night firing of the nation’s highest-ranking military official, coupled with U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s sweeping purge of senior military leaders and top military attorneys—removing a total of six of the Defense Department’s most experienced officials—has sparked serious concern among experts.
Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according to a memo.
Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has ordered senior military and civilian Pentagon officials to cut 8% from the defense budget over each of the next five years.
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