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Feb 7, 2025 | thehill.com | Brad Dress

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday committed to getting the Pentagon to pass a clean audit within four years after the Defense Department failed several in a row. During a town hall with defense staffers, Hegseth said that he will ensure the Pentagon “at a bare minimum” passes a clean audit by the end of the current administration. “The American taxpayers deserve that,” he continued.

Feb 7, 2025 | yahoo.com | Brad Dress

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday committed to getting the Pentagon to pass a clean audit within four years after the Defense Department failed several in a row. During a town hall with defense staffers, Hegseth said that he will ensure the Pentagon “at a bare minimum” passes a clean audit by the end of the current administration. “The American taxpayers deserve that,” he continued.

Feb 6, 2025 | yahoo.com | Brad Dress

A U.S. service member and three defense contractors were killed in a Thursday crash in the Philippines, officials said. A statement from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said an aircraft contracted by the Pentagon crashed in the Province of Maguindanao del Sur, which is in the southern part of the country. The crash occurred during a routine mission supporting the Philippines with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support.

Feb 6, 2025 | aol.com | Brad Dress

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino on Thursday rejected U.S. claims that American warships and boats can transit the Panama Canal without paying a standard fee. In a weekly news conference, Mulino disputed a statement from the State Department on free transit after Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Panama earlier this week. “I want to make it very clear to the country my absolute rejection of the statement from the State Department,” he said.

Feb 6, 2025 | yahoo.com | Brad Dress

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the military was far from deploying troops to Gaza, casting doubt on any immediate intervention into the besieged coastal strip after President Trump suggested the U.S. take control of the territory. Hegseth told Fox News’s Laura Ingraham that any potential deployment to the region would involve detailed discussions with Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. allies and partners. ‘We are a very long way from that,” he said.