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Top government officials are describing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s behavior at the Defense Department as “erratic.” ...
The Defense Department has announced new senior level positions after recent firings and resignations. But with Pentagon head Pete Hegseth under fire for missteps, the way ahead is still unclear.
The Pentagon on Friday announced four new senior advisers for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following front office infighting that saw the exodus of five senior staff in the past several weeks.
Between the personnel crises and security lapses, the defense secretary’s tenure has gone from bad to worse — to humiliating.
The walls seem to be closing in on Pete Hegseth. The defense secretary—who has drawn ire for his Crusader level white supremacy, his alcoholism, and his rank misogyny—appears to be losing it as his ...
To err is human, to forgive divine,” but when it comes to maintaining operational security, neither is the policy of the U.S. military. The need to protect OPSEC, as it’s called in Pentagon parlance, ...
WASHINGTON—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was rattled. Word had leaked that he was planning a classified briefing for Elon ...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had an internet connection that bypassed the Pentagon’s security protocols set up in his ...
Joe Kasper, Hegseth's former chief of staff, is the latest Department of Defense official rumored to be leaving.
In early April, after Pete Hegseth returned from a trip to Panama, the last person to step off the plane before the defense ...
Kasper’s exit comes following the firing of other top aides, some of whom were close friends of Hegseth, amid a leak ...