Unlike Hegseth, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine opened his remarks by grieving the deaths of the fallen soldiers, saying that “it’s with profound sadness and gratitude that I share the names of four of our six fallen heroes.” He didn’t have the names of the other two, because while Hegseth was griping about media coverage, the U.S. military was completing the next-of-kin notification. The Trump team should have seen this coming: When Hegseth kicked the press corps out of the Pentagon last fall—including reporters from The Atlantic—for not agreeing to publish only Pentagon-approved news, some reporters warned department officials that such a move might make it harder for the public to understand America’s operations overseas, Nancy told me. The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi over the Justice Department’s role in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, as part of its ongoing investigation into the federal government’s handling of the case against the convicted sex offender.
Author: Tom Nichols
Published at: 2026-03-04 23:01:00
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