The suspensions at the Defense Department (DOD) have continued with a third top Pentagon official being placed on administrative leave amid an ongoing investigation into the leaks at the

Dan Caldwell, a key adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, was “escorted” out of the Pentagon Tuesday after being implicated during a leak investigation. Caldwell was put on administrative leave for “an unauthorized disclosure,” a US official told Reuters, adding that “the investigation remains ongoing.”