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Retired Gen. Mark Hertling ripped President Donald Trump’s speech to hundreds of senior military leaders — before revealing what he believed shocked the president in real time. Defense Secretary Pete ...

President Trump hailed the use of military force to police American cities, telling generals and admirals during a Tuesday address that it was important to quell “the enemy within.” “San Francisco, ...

On Sept. 30, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth convened a rare gathering of top U.S. military leaders in Quantico, Virginia, to speak to them about changes to the ...

Ever since Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that he was calling an all-hands-on-deck meeting of generals and flag officers and their senior noncommissioned officers at the Marine Corp base ...

The US defence secretary has said he is ending "woke" culture and political correctness, telling top brass: "We are done with that s***." Pete Hegseth said diversity and inclusion policies would be ...

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