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#Hegseth Accused of More #Chaos After Sudden #Ukraine #Aid Halt

#PeteHegseth was facing new claims of chaos in his running of the #Pentagon on Tues in a bombshell report about his handling of aid to Ukraine.

The embattled #SecDef was revealed to have caused confusion on 3 continents with a verbal order to ground planes flying #military supplies to Ukraine w/o anyone else—possibly including #Trump—knowing.

#kakistocracy #geopolitics #allies #democracy #StandWithUkraine
thedailybeast.com/hegseth-accu

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The Daily Beast · Hegseth Accused of More Chaos After Sudden Ukraine Aid HaltBy Kenneal Patterson

There are news stories today claiming that Pete #Hegseth, Trump's, uh, ... unconventional ... pick for Secretary of Defence, wants to cut the number of generals and admirals across the board by 10%, and up to 25% on four-stars and above.

I think they're misreporting this. Pete was actually asking for 25% price reductions on Admiral Nelson's Rum and Los Generales Tequila.

#liquor#tequila#rum

Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska, GOP on P.Hegseth's multiple signals,

“The military should always pride itself on operational security. If the reports are true, the Secretary of Defense has failed at operational security, and that is unacceptable. If a Democrat did this we'd be demanding a scalp. I don't like hypocrisy. We should be Americans first when it comes to security,”

#GOP#NB#secdef

After #SecDef Pete #Kegstand included a magazine editor with no security clearance to a discussion of an ACTIVE military action using the public #Signal chat software, #DrunkieMcDrunkerson did it AGAIN, inviting HIS SISTER (among others) to be in on YET ANOTHER #Signal chat.

When he suddenly discovered he was no longer able to use his private cell phone to host INSECURE text chats while IN the #Pentagon, Pete ordered the installation of an UNSECURED Internet connection.🤦‍♂️
apnews.com/article/hegseth-sig

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#SecDef #PeteHegseth has reoriented the US #military to prioritize deterring #China’s seizure of #Taiwan & shoring up homeland #defense by “assuming risk” in #Europe & other parts of the world, acc/to a *secret* internal guidance memo that bears the fingerprints of the conservative #HeritageFoundation, including some passages that are nearly word-for-word duplications of text published by the think tank last year.

#Trump #USpol #geopolitics #NationalSecurity #leak

#NewYorkTimes 12:02pm ET

#AG #PamBondi signaled Thur there was unlikely 2 B criminal investigation into the sharing of military operation details in unsecured text group, declaring..specifics of when..jets would depart, when bombs would fall, were “not classified"

Bondi..was asked abt public debate surrounding #SecDef #PeteHegseth after he sent details of coming attack on rebels in Yemen to sr admin offcls in #Signal grp chat that accidentally included a magazine edtr

nytimes.com/2025/03/27/us/poli

The New York Times · Bondi Suggests Signal Chat Episode Is Unlikely to Be Criminally InvestigatedBy Devlin Barrett

Classic #FAFO
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Via #RawStory @ 4:07pm ET - Mar 26, 2025

#Punchbowl reporter #JakeSherman revealed.. #SenateRepublicans may have "buyer's remorse" after allowing #SecretaryOfDefense #PeteHegseth 2 sail through confirmation

Speaking to #MSNBC Wednesday, host #KatyTur noted "significant Republican" Sen. #RogerWicker of #Mississippi, chair of the #SenateArmedServicesCommittee, has indicated he's unhappy about what has been coined "#Signalgate"

#SecDef #FireHegseth

rawstory.com/pete-hegseth-2671

Raw Story · 'Buyer's remorse': Top Senate Republican may be regretting support for Pete HegsethBy Sarah K. Burris