White House Alleges All Pentagon Personnel Are Opposing the Secretary of Defense
Pete Hegseth is facing allegations regarding the mishandling of classified information related to the Yemen bombings. According to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, the Pentagon is currently in conflict with its own chief, Defense Secretary...
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Pete Hegseth is facing allegations regarding the mishandling of classified information related to the Yemen bombings.
According to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, the Pentagon is currently in conflict with its own chief, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. During an interview on Fox and Friends on Monday, Leavitt stated that US President Donald Trump has complete confidence in Hegseth's leadership. She commented, “This is what happens when the entire Pentagon is working against you and working against the monumental change that you are trying to implement." Leavitt further accused those opposing Hegseth of resenting his dedication to “standing up for the war-fighter” and claimed they are using tactics such as “leaking and… lying to the mainstream media” to undermine him.
Following a New York Times report published last Sunday accusing Hegseth of sharing sensitive information about operations in Yemen with his wife and brother, who do not have security clearance, the Trump administration has stepped up to defend him.
The New York Times article relates to the ‘Signalgate’ scandal that surfaced in March after The Atlantic revealed it had accessed an internal chat among Trump administration officials discussing attacks on Yemen's Houthi rebels. This leak was linked to National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who allegedly saved editor Jeffrey Goldberg’s contact under an incorrect name before sending him an invitation.
As reported by the NYT, Hegseth maintained another private chat group on the Signal app that included about a dozen members from his inner circle, his wife included. Hegseth’s spokesman, Sean Parnell, asserted that the Times was trying to revive the Signalgate story “back from the dead.”
Recently, three Pentagon officials who faced suspension amidst an internal probe into alleged leaks issued a joint statement condemning their supposed mistreatment. Senior adviser Dan Caldwell, deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, claimed that “unnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door.”
In an opinion piece for PMG, former chief Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot expressed that Hegseth is “presiding over a strange and baffling purge that will leave him without his two closest advisers of over a decade,” specifically referring to Caldwell and Selnick, along with other significant staff members.
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According to White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt, the Pentagon is currently in conflict with its own chief, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. During an interview on Fox and Friends on Monday, Leavitt stated that US President Donald Trump has complete confidence in Hegseth's leadership. She commented, “This is what happens when the entire Pentagon is working against you and working against the monumental change that you are trying to implement." Leavitt further accused those opposing Hegseth of resenting his dedication to “standing up for the war-fighter” and claimed they are using tactics such as “leaking and… lying to the mainstream media” to undermine him.
Following a New York Times report published last Sunday accusing Hegseth of sharing sensitive information about operations in Yemen with his wife and brother, who do not have security clearance, the Trump administration has stepped up to defend him.
The New York Times article relates to the ‘Signalgate’ scandal that surfaced in March after The Atlantic revealed it had accessed an internal chat among Trump administration officials discussing attacks on Yemen's Houthi rebels. This leak was linked to National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, who allegedly saved editor Jeffrey Goldberg’s contact under an incorrect name before sending him an invitation.
As reported by the NYT, Hegseth maintained another private chat group on the Signal app that included about a dozen members from his inner circle, his wife included. Hegseth’s spokesman, Sean Parnell, asserted that the Times was trying to revive the Signalgate story “back from the dead.”
Recently, three Pentagon officials who faced suspension amidst an internal probe into alleged leaks issued a joint statement condemning their supposed mistreatment. Senior adviser Dan Caldwell, deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll, chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, claimed that “unnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door.”
In an opinion piece for PMG, former chief Pentagon spokesman John Ullyot expressed that Hegseth is “presiding over a strange and baffling purge that will leave him without his two closest advisers of over a decade,” specifically referring to Caldwell and Selnick, along with other significant staff members.
Rohan Mehta for TROIB News
