Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending President Donald Trump ‘s firing of the nation’s senior military officer and a wave of dismissals ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that President Trump fired Air Force Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, because he was “not the right man for the moment.” ...

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied the existence of a "list" of planned senior military officials that he and the Trump administration planned to fire.

Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency have started trimming back on the Pentagon, but former officials say that might be a good thing.