'Remarkable break from protocol' as Pete Hegseth 'snubs' foreign minister: CNN
CNN's Natasha Bertrand on Thursday brought word that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had failed to greet French Minister of the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu after he arrived in the United States to discuss the war in Ukraine.
While talking with host John Berman, Bertrand revealed that "we are just learning that [Hegseth] failed to greet the French defense minister outside the Pentagon early this morning during an honor cordon."
She then explained why this was so potentially significant.
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"Really a remarkable break from protocol," she said. "And it's unclear why he essentially snubbed the defense minister there. He has been trying studiously, though, to avoid the press, and press would have been present at that honor cordon. And so that could be one reason why he did not appear there, but it is really a remarkable break from previous secretaries of defense, who make it a point as a show of respect to greet their counterparts outside the Pentagon when they host them for these very high level bilateral meetings."
"Huh," replied Berman. "That is something."
Hegseth has been under intense press scrutiny after it was revealed that he sent classified attack plans into a Signal group chat in the presence of The Atlantic's editor in chief last month.
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