Has the Trump administration plan to replace Pete Hegseth as the head of the Pentagon? White house replies
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According to the NPR report, the White House, citing a US official, has started the process of searching for a new leader in Pentagon to replace Pete Hegseth.
According to the official, the Defense Secretary faced the investigation after revealing the allegedly classified information in a group conversation involving his wife, brother and legal representative.
The official revealed that Hegseth used a signal messaging application on his individual device to share detailed classified information about the Hothi target strike in Yemen. This took place around the same period in March when he unknowingly shared a similar information with a journalist of the White House and a journalist in a separate signal group. This disclosure, before the strike, potentially compromises the American pilot security if intercepted by opponents. Hauthis has already successfully dropped two American hunter drones.
The White House press secretary, Karolin Levitt denied the claims about Hegseth’s demand for replacement on X, stating the firm support of President Trump. Trump considered concerns about the signal conversations during the press briefing of the White House.
At the White House Easter function, Hegseth dismissed allegations of misconduct, suggesting the unbalanced media manipulation of the accounts of former staff members.
The possibility of his statement referred to four senior advisors who recently left the Pentagon. Former Defense Department spokesman John Yuliyot published a piece of opinion, recently described as chaotic and harmful for the administration of President Trump.
Three additional Pentagon Advisors – Dan Caldwell, Colin Carroll and Darin Cellic – were removed from the campus, facing allegations of press leaks. He issued a joint statement on X, defending his integrity and military service records.
Caldwell and Cellic had previously worked with Hegseth among the veterans concerned for a conservative policy organization, the US.
Democratic senator Jean Shaheen criticized Trump’s appointment of Hegseth, despite his previous role as a weekend television presenter highlighted the lack of his experience in the management of complex organizations.
