Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth brutally shut down a reporter’s question about an “underqualified” replacement for the ousted chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CQ Brown. Hegseth was enjoying some small talk with Saudi Defense Minister Khalid Bin Salman and his delegation Monday afternoon in the Pentagon,

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over the weekend provided reasons for the ouster of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General CQ Brown. President Donald Trump fired the top U.S. military officer Friday via a social media post.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday refused to address whether the Trump administration’s choice to become chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is “underqualified” for the position, as concerns proliferated in Washington following last week’s firing of the military’s top officer and six other senior Pentagon leaders.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the three fired judge advocates general (JAGs) were potential “roadblocks” to President Trump’s orders. Hegseth also rejected a reporter’s question that suggested President Trump’s pick for the new Joint Chiefs of Staff chair,

Nothing about this is unprecedented," Hegseth told “Fox News Sunday” about Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. being dismissed Friday night as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. “The president deserves to pick his key national security advisory team.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday that John Dan “Razin” Caine, a retired Air Force general, is the "right man for the moment" as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Caine, an F-16 pilot,

Trump will nominate retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which will require Senate confirmation.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth stood by President Trump's decision to remove Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, citing that

Readers call out Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for unscrupulous behavior in his calling for the firing of Gen. Charles Q. Brown from the Joint Chiefs of Staff.