
Paul McLeary
Pentagon and National Security Reporter at POLITICO
Pentagon and National Security for @politico. #LetsGoBuffalo sufferer, also at [email protected]
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3 days ago |
lucianne.com | Paul McLeary
Original ArticlePosted By: Dreadnought, 4/20/2025 10:29:02 PMThe Pentagon is in "total chaos" and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is unlikely to remain in his role, according to its former top spokesperson, who painted a scene of dysfunction, backstabbing and continuous missteps at the highest levels of the department. "The building is in disarray under Hegseth's leadership," John Ullyot wrote Sunday in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece.
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3 days ago |
politico.com | Paul McLeary
“The last month has been a full-blown meltdown at the Pentagon,” John Ullyot, the former top Defense Department spokesperson, wrote in a POLITICO Magazine opinion piece. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during the Central American Security Conference in Panama City on April 9, 2025.
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4 days ago |
wiadomosci.onet.pl | Jack Detsch |Paul McLeary
Były starszy doradca Dan Caldwell, były zastępca szefa sztabu Darin Selnick i Colin Carroll, były szef sztabu zastępcy sekretarza obrony, przekazali w poście na X, że "nie powiedziano im, w jakiej dokładnie sprawie przecieków prowadzono dochodzenie, czy nadal toczy się aktywne dochodzenie lub czy w ogóle istniało prawdziwe dochodzenie".
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4 days ago |
politico.eu | Jack Detsch |Paul McLeary
Three top Pentagon advisers, who were fired this week after a leak investigation, said Saturday they had no idea why they were ousted.
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4 days ago |
politico.com | Jack Detsch |Paul McLeary
The ousted advisers, in their first public comments, praised the administration but made no mention of their former boss, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth welcomes El Salvador's Minister of National Defense Rene Merino Monroy, left, to the Pentagon on April 16, 2025. Three top Defense Department officials fired this week said they don't know why they were ousted.
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