PETE HEGSETH

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• Hegseth Fires Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, Pentagon's Top War Planner, Over Alleged Iran and Ukraine Leaks

  An Air Force investigation and a Justice Department referral follow the ouster of the Joint Staff's J-5 director, as attorneys question the Pentagon's disclosure of his polygraph results.

• Pentagon FORTRESS Plan Would Require U.S. Military Bases to Run 90 Days Off the Grid as UK Tells Households to 'Be Ready'

  Hegseth's FORTRESS program aims to make American bases independent of the civilian grid as allies brace their home fronts for war, sabotage and cyberattack.

• Pentagon Stalls Europe-Paid Patriot Missiles for Ukraine as Trump-Zelenskyy Rift Deepens

  Zelenskyy says interceptors bought by European allies are waiting on Pete Hegseth's signature, while Washington insists nothing has changed and Russia keeps striking Ukraine's grid.

• Hegseth's Secret Israel Visit and Netanyahu Meeting: Is the U.S.-Israel War With Iran About to Restart?

  War Secretary Pete Hegseth met Benjamin Netanyahu at Ovda Air Base as Washington and Jerusalem weigh resuming strikes on Iran, eight days before Israel votes.