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Dan Caldwell, a top adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Darin Selnick, Hegseth’s deputy chief of staff, have both been placed on administrative leave as part of a leak investigation.

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Pentagon watchdog to review Hegseth’s sharing of Houthi strike plans in Signal chat The Pentagon’s acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete ...

Japan's concerns over a potential U.S. retreat from the region have grown amid China's increasingly assertive military posture.