Ellee Watson
Reporter and Producer at CBS News
Covering the Pentagon for @CBSNews. [email protected]
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Ellee Watson
The Pentagon has put a senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on administrative leave pending an investigation into an unauthorized disclosure, a defense official confirmed to CBS News. Dan Caldwell was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday, according to the official. Hegseth's chief of staff Joe Kasper issued a memo at the end of March directing the Pentagon to conduct an investigation into unauthorized disclosures and use lie detector tests if necessary.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Ellee Watson
The 27th meeting of the roughly 50-country group coordinating aid for Ukraine gathered Friday at NATO headquarters without Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the room. He opted to participate virtually, marking the first in-person gathering without the presence of the U.S. defense secretary. During the Biden administration, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who created the contact group, hosted a meeting of the group almost every month, alternating between virtual and in-person events.
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Ellee Watson
Arlington National Cemetery will soon bring back caisson horses for somemilitary funerals after implementing a nearly two-year pause to improve the herd's health, the Army announced Tuesday. Horses have for decades performed the solemn duty of pulling the caisson holding the casket of fallen service members, but the Army put a hold on that element of the funerals in May 2023 after an investigation into the death of two horses exposed unsatisfactory living conditions for the herd.
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Ellee Watson
The Pentagon on Tuesday confirmed Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield has been removed from her position as the U.S. military representative to NATO's military committee, making her at least the ninth senior military officer forced out by the Trump administration.
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2 weeks ago |
cbsnews.com | Ellee Watson |Kathryn Watson
Signal texts controversy chases Hegseth The Pentagon inspector general's office said in a memo Thursday it will evaluate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of Signal to discuss strikes against the Houthis in Yemen last month.
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