Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brutally shut down a reporter’s question about an “underqualified” replacement for the ousted chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CQ Brown. Hegseth was enjoying some small talk with Saudi Defense Minister Khalid Bin Salman and his delegation Monday afternoon in the Pentagon,
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over the weekend provided reasons for the ouster of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General CQ Brown. President Donald Trump fired the top U.S. military officer Friday via a social media post.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the three fired judge advocates general (JAGs) were potential “roadblocks” to President Trump’s orders. Hegseth also rejected a reporter’s question that suggested President Trump’s pick for the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chair,
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday defended the purge of top-level military officials amid blowback to the Friday night firings. The firing of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. CQ Brown Jr., as well as five other top defense officials,
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that John Dan “Razin” Caine, a retired Air Force general, is the "right man for the moment" as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Caine, an F-16 pilot,
The firings of Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Gen. James Slife follows tonight's removal of Gen. CQ Brown as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Pete Hegseth pushed back hard on a journalist who he said asked an 'unqualified' question during a recent press conference.
Trump announced the dismissal of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. and said he would nominate Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, a retired three-star general, to succeed him as the top U.S. military officer.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump’s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a wave of top dismissals at the Pentagon, insisting that they weren’t unusual despite accusations that the new administration is injecting politics into the military.
President Trump said he is nominating Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan "Razin" Caine to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.