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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has boasted that he's dismantling a program supporting women on security teams.

In February, Hegseth, who has derided diversity efforts because he says they weaken the military, fired a series of senior officers, including the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...

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Then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark Milley named Black to the position that serves as the chairman's "direct tie to the enlisted force." Black, then a 35-year Marine veteran ...

Hegseth yelled at Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, last month, after word got out that the Pentagon was planning a classified briefing about China to Elon Musk.

Hegseth shouted at Adm. Christopher Grady, the then-acting Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after learning of the leak, sources told the Wall Street Journal Thursday. The defense secretary ...

A furious Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to hook up the acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to a “f***** polygraph test” following a news leak last month, according to a report.