Retired general reacts to Hegseth calling urgent meeting
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Pete Hegseth, U.S. military and Defense Secretary
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In a statement to The Washington Post, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said that Hegseth “will be addressing his senior military leaders early next week,” but offered no further details. There are around 800 military officials spread across the country, as well as dozens internationally.
Update: The Navy’s guided-missile destroyer USS Stockdale is now in the Caribbean Sea to support President Trump’s war on drug cartels, Military Times reported Wednesday. U.S. Naval Institute News first reported the apparent development Monday, after Stockdale made a port stop in Panama this weekend.