An aide to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has left his role, the latest official to leave the secretary’s inner circle since he assumed the job in January. While the aide, Justin Fulcher, said he only intended to serve in the government for six months and Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell “wish[es] him well in

Justin Fulcher, a top adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, has left the Pentagon, Fulcher confirmed on Saturday. Why it matters: Fulcher's departure marks at least the sixth senior-level staff to leave the Pentagon in recent months,

Pete Hegseth has lost his sixth senior aide in as many months, with the defence secretary’s struggle to retain key staff leaving the Pentagon in limbo.