Joe Kasper, Hegseth’s chief of staff, is the fourth top official to be ousted in the last week amid turmoil at the Pentagon.

A former Biden-era Pentagon official warned that running the Pentagon like a business is a bad idea that could "backfire in ...

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has dismissed the members of DOD advisory committees, the department confirmed in a ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Evelyn Farkas about Defense Secretary Pete ...

Many U.S. military officials welcome the idea of strategic reforms. But they worry now about upheaval without strong civilian ...

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has looked to enact a number of reforms during his early days as head of the Pentagon.

The Pentagon set up a system in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office that enabled him to check messages on the encrypted ...

The defense secretary’s inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military ...

The move comes after several firings and dismissals by the defense chief.

John Ullyot, a vocal backer of Hegseth, wrote in an op-ed that the Pentagon was focused "no longer on warfighting, but on ...

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