Chest-Beater Hegseth’s Bonkers ‘Taken’ Threat to Boat Narcos

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth has issued a chest-beating warning to so-called “narco terrorists” after the U.S. military killed 14 people in yet another series of strikes on alleged drug boats. Amid growing skepticism over the legality of the lethal strikes,

Hegseth stumbled through a 10-minute speech, managing to shock the Navy service members by joking about bombing and even ripping his own son.

Self-designated Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was met with an excruciatingly awkward silence as he tried to act as a hype man for President Donald Trump during a speech. Hegseth took to the stage just before Trump on board the USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan on Tuesday,
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Senators challenge Hegseth’s bottleneck on communications with Congress

The mid-October memo signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would “throttle” communication between the committee and the Pentagon, said Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee’s strategic forces panel.

Hegseth Hit With Awkward Silence During Bizarre Trump Hype-Man Speech

Self-designated Secretary of War Pete Hegseth was met with an excruciatingly awkward silence as he tried to act as a hype man for President Donald Trump during a speech. Hegseth took to the stage just before Trump on board the USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan on Tuesday,

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives in Hawaii

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrived in Hawaii Monday morning. This is the first leg on Hegseth’s trip, which will take him to Japan next, then Malaysia, Vietnam, and South Korea.

Dems silent on progressive candidate’s Nazi-style tattoo after knocking Hegseth for Christian symbol

Senate Democrats who were highly critical of Pete Hegseth’s tattoos with crusader symbolism are now keeping silent on progressive Senate candidate's Nazi-style chest tattoo.

Hegseth’s first dismissal with a chosen successor

The Defense secretary’s decision to place his senior military aide in a top Army post represents a new front in his efforts to overhaul the Pentagon.
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The meaning of America’s vast military build-up off Venezuela

Days earlier the Pentagon’s boss, Pete Hegseth, had ordered her to sail to the Caribbean, part of a vast and unexplained military build-up in the region. By early October, more than ten percent of all deployed American naval assets were located in the area controlled by the Pentagon’s Southern Command (SOUTHCOM),
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