Pete Hegseth defends Trump's firings of Pentagon leaders and says there may be more dismissals
Hegseth: Presidents Over Decades Have Always Made Leadership Changes At The Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there is "nothing unprecedented" about President Donald Trump firing and replacing Department of Defense officials, during an interview on "FOX News Sunday." "There are lots of presidents who've made changes from FDR to Eisenhower to H.
Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth conduct ‘Friday night purge’ of top military leaders at Pentagon
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'Russia is popping champagne': Onlookers blast Pete Hegseth after big Ukraine announcement
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave away a major bargaining chip on Ukraine even before negotiating a settlement to end its war with Russia, according to some experts.The Pentagon chief spoke Wednesday morning before a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and said the possibility of
Palantir Sinks on Planned Pentagon Budget Cuts. Is It Time to Sell the Stock?
Palantir Technologies (PLTR -4.63%) shares have been red hot for the past couple of years, but the stock was tumbling after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the Pentagon to
Man in Charge of Coastal Military Installations Says DOD Doesn’t Care About Climate Change
The Defense Department is not in the business of climate change, solving the global thermostat,” Hegseth told reporters. “We’re in the business of deterring and winning wars.” Hegseth’s insistence that the Department of Defense isn’t interested in climate change would be news to all of the people at the Pentagon who are very concerned about what rising sea levels mean for DoD property around the world.
Hegseth makes first visit to NATO with allies impatient to hear about US plans for Ukraine
Hegseth held talks with U.K. Defence Secretary John Healey, before a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group. Hegseth's predecessor, former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, set up the forum for drumming up arms and ammunition for Ukraine in 2022.
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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, participates in a welcome ceremony with Saudi Arabia's Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, at the Pentagon in Washington. (AP
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A ‘Purge Is Underway at the Pentagon’ as Trump and Hegseth Clean House Among Joint Chiefs of Staff: Report
Trump announced in a Friday night Truth Special post that he had fired Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Hegseth Says Return to Ukraine’s Pre-War Borders is ‘Unrealistic’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during his first trip to Europe as Pentagon chief that the U.S. does not believe Ukraine’s membership to NATO “is a realistic outcome.”
Maddow Blog | Hegseth’s rough start: Pentagon chief faces protest at U.S. base abroad
The question isn’t why Pete Hegseth faced pushback at U.S. European Command headquarters; the question is whether the Pentagon chief will see more protests soon
Pete Hegseth orders defense leadership to draw up plans for steep budget cuts as DOGE enters the Pentagon: report
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly asked Pentagon officials Tuesday to draw up plans to slash defense spending for each of the next five years — as the department became the latest target of the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cost-cutting mission.
Hegseth orders Fort Liberty be renamed Fort Bragg
The Pentagon says the base will commemorate a World War Two veteran instead of the Confederate general it was originally named after.
Pentagon chief calls on NATO partners to increase role in Europe’s defense
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has called for NATO’s European members to increase their role in the defense of Europe as the United States focuses on defending the alliance’s Pacific flank. It is a move that he says will likely require European allies to significantly increase defense spending from 2% of GDP to about 5% of GDP.