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Pentagon in Turmoil: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Faces Scandal Over Leaked Military Plans and Internal Chaos

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is under intense scrutiny following reports that he shared sensitive military strike plans in unauthorized Signal group chats, sparking concerns about security breaches. Former Pentagon officials, including a recently resigned spokesperson, have described the Department of Defense as being in 'disarray' and 'full meltdown mode' under Hegseth's leadership. Calls for his firing have emerged from both sides of the political aisle, with at least one Republican Armed Services Committee member publicly supporting his removal. Hegseth has responded by blaming internal leaks and dysfunction on the so-called 'Deep State,' denying personal responsibility. The controversy has raised serious questions about leadership, security, and morale at the Pentagon.

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Pete Hegseth Gets a Pass and a Back-Pat From Friends on Fox

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Well, according to his old pals at Fox & Friends, that’s kind of like what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is going through. Except, instead of, say, mixing together the wrong froyo flavors, he may have kind of, sort of texted sensitive military strike plans to people he wasn’t supposed to in unauthorized Signal group chats—twice.

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‘Its Too Bad’: Pete Hegseth Responds To Former Staffer Who Slammed Him In Op-Ed

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brushed off former chief spokesperson John Ullyot’s allegations that “total chaos” and “dysfunction” are occurring at the Pentagon during a Tuesday interview on “Fox & Friends.

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Pete Hegseth's 'horrible' Signalgate response is a lesson in how not to do crisis comms, ex-spokesman says

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A former spokesperson who recently left the Pentagon says that the department has been in full meltdown mode lately.

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Israel Sinks Syria's Navy

Israel said Tuesday that it had destroyed Syria’s navy in overnight airstrikes, as it continued to pound targets in Syria despite warnings that its operations there could ignite new conflict and jeopardize the transition of power to an interim government.Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that the Israeli military had “destroyed Syria’s navy overnight, and with great success.” His remarks appeared to confirm Israel’s responsibility for the destruction documented in the Syrian port city of Latakia, where photos showed the smoldering remains of ships sunk at their dock.Mr. Katz said that Israel’s military “has been operating in Syria in recent days to hit and destroy strategic capabilities that pose a threat to Israel,” although he did not indicate what new or immediate risk Syria’s navy presented to Israel, which has the most powerful military in the Middle East.Israeli warplanes have conducted hundreds of strikes in Syria since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, according to war monitors. Israel has characterized its operations as defensive, saying its military was striking suspected chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria to prevent them from falling “into the hands of extremists.”“From here, I warn the rebel leaders in Syria: Those who follow Assad’s path will end like Assad,” Mr. Katz said.As the Assad government fell to the rebels over the weekend, Israeli ground forces advanced beyond the demilitarized zone on the Israel-Syria border, marking their first overt entry into Syrian territory in more than 50 years. An Israeli military spokesman on Tuesday denied reports that the military was advancing on Damascus. The spokesman, Avichay Adraee, said the military was inside a buffer zone between Israel and Syria and at other points “in order to protect the Israeli border.”Earlier Tuesday, Geir Pedersen, the United Nations special envoy for Syria, called on Israel to halt its “very troubling” military operations there, and said de-escalation was needed. “We are continuing to see Israeli movements and bombardments into Syrian territory. This needs to stop,” Mr. Pedersen told reporters in Geneva.

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Trump hits ‘nasty’ Michelle Obama at Atlanta rally

Former President Trump attacked former first lady Michelle Obama during his rally in Atlanta on Monday, calling her “nasty” after Obama lobbed attacks at the former president while stumping for Vice President Harris.“You know who’s nasty to me? Michelle Obama,” Trump told supporters in Atlanta.“I always tried to be so nice and respectful. Oh, she opened up a little bit of — a little bit of a box. She opened up a little bit of something. Oh, she was nasty. Shouldn’t be that way. That was a big mistake that she made,” he added.His remarks come after Obama criticized Trump during a Michigan rally on Saturday, at one point mentioning “Donald Trump’s gross incompetence.”“I hope that you’ll forgive me if I’m a little angry that we are indifferent to his erratic behavior, his obvious mental decline, his history as a convicted felon, a known slum lord, a predator found liable for sexual abuse, all of this while we pick apart Kamala’s answers from interviews that he doesn’t even have the courage to do, y’all,” she said in Kalamazoo, Mich.The heated rhetoric underscores the increasingly personal tone the presidential election has taken between the two campaigns roughly one week out from the election.An aggregate of national surveys compiled by The Hill/Decision Desk HQ shows Harris slightly ahead at close to 49 percent support while Trump is at 48 percent.

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