If the investigation found “a party responsible for an unauthorized disclosure,” Kasper was to be informed and the information was to “be referred to the appropriate criminal law enforcement entity for criminal prosecution,” the memo said. In an article he co-wrote for Foreign Affairs in November, Caldwell said the U.S. “should militarily retrench from regions in which American interests are less pronounced, such as Europe and the Middle East,” and called on Republicans to embrace President Donald Trump’s “‘art of the deal’ foreign policy approach.” Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized Caldwell’s take after he moved to the Defense Department, telling Jewish Insider: “It’s alarming that people can clear vetting after … suggesting that America should ‘militarily retrench’ from” the Middle East. Caldwell was named by Hegseth as the best point of contact for the National Security Council regarding the U.S. strikes on the Houthis in Yemen in a Signal chat that unintentionally included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg.
Author: Molly Bohannon, Forbes Staff, Molly Bohannon, Forbes Staff https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/
Published at: 2025-04-15 22:41:38
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