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Disarray at the Pentagon

The Defense Department turns inward, prompting high-level resignations and leaving officials around the world in the dark.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accompanied by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine on June 26, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

What the hell is going on at the Pentagon? That unspoken question saturates a Wednesday statement, released jointly by the Republican chairmen of the Armed Services committees in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, that is as long as it is blistering in its assessment of a significant reduction of American military presence in Eastern Europe.

Michael Warren is a politics editor at The Dispatch and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he was an on-air reporter at CNN and a senior writer at the Weekly Standard. When Mike is not reporting, writing, editing, and podcasting, he is probably spending time with his wife and three sons.

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