Pentagon to fire 5,400 civilian employees in ‘initial’ purge
The dismissals will begin next week, officials said, and could expand to include tens of thousands of other workers ...
Obama fired top military officers to align Pentagon with his policy vision, now Trump set to do the same
President Obama fired top generals and commanders who did not align with his vision over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, ...
Pete Hegseth orders senior leaders to cut 8% from Defense budget
Defense Secretary Peter Hegseth has ordered senior military and civilian Pentagon officials to cut 8% from the defense budget ...
Pete Hegseth orders defense leadership to draw up plans for huge budget cuts as DOGE enters the Pentagon: report
Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according ...
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Senate votes to confirm Pete Hegseth as Trump’s new Defense Secretary
WASHINGTON – The Senate narrowly confirmed Pete Hegseth on Friday as secretary of Defense, a win for President ... of the nation's largest government agency, with 3 million service members ...
Defense chief Hegseth said he would welcome Elon Musk’s DOGE analysts at the Pentagon
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he’s been in touch with Elon Musk and would welcome his unofficial Department of ...
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Yes, the Defense Intelligence Agency memo announcing a pause to cultural holiday observances is real
On Jan. 29, independent journalist Ken Klippenstein shared an image on X, formerly Twitter, that appeared to show an internal Defense Intelligence ... Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed ...
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Pete Hegseth Confirmed as Trump’s Defense Secretary in Tie-Breaking Vote
By The Associated Press The Senate confirmed Pete Hegseth as the nation’s defense secretary Friday ... as director of the office of national intelligence; and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, the anti ...