All posts tagged "Pete Hegseth"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon has quietly walked back its own numbers weeks after he publicly dismissed reporting that challenged them.

The Washington Post reported Saturday that the Defense Department late Friday raised the official count of troops who have died during U.S. operations against Iran to 21, adding two deaths not caused by combat.

Last month, the Post reported that six U.S. officials said the true number of service members lost was higher than what the Pentagon's public casualty database showed. Hegseth responded at the time by calling the report "a complete lie" in a post on social media....

A Republican voter dialed into C-SPAN weeks before the midterms with a blistering verdict on his party and where its leaders belong.

Progressive political analyst David Pakman played the clip during a Friday episode of "The David Pakman Show" and highlighted a caller identified as Ronald, who phoned the Republican line of C-SPAN's "Washington Journal" from West Virginia and said Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth belong behind bars.

"I think Pete needs to go to jail and it's obvious Trump needs to go to jail as well," Ronald said....

Some soldiers are already seeking to escape an event Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth plans to put on full public display.

At least six service members plan to seek religious exemptions to stay off the firing squad that will execute Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan, an execution Hegseth has promised to livestream, the head of a military religious liberty group told The Washington Sun for an article on Friday.

Hasan killed 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting at the Texas base. An order signed Monday by Acting Army Secretary Adam Telle set his execution for December 3....

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is making America a national embarrassment, MS NOW's Jen Psaki warned on Friday's edition of "The Briefing."

The main issue this time: his plan to have a man shot by firing squad on livestream — a plan even some Republicans are coming out against.

"In case you missed it, yesterday, the Pentagon announced that they want to hold a public execution of the Fort Hood shooter," said Psaki, adding that he wants it "livestreamed on the internet for the world to see." She played a clip of him justifying it....

The Pentagon revealed exactly how the public will be able to witness an upcoming military execution, and critics were horrified.

The Defense Department said in a statement on Thursday that the December 3 firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, will be livestreamed, The Washington Post reported.

The announcement came hours after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in an interview with Jack Posobiec on Real America's Voice that he wanted people to be able to watch Hasan's death....

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth drew swift condemnation because of his comments about how he plans to carry out a high-profile death sentence.

Hegseth said Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist who killed 13 people in a 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, will face a firing squad of soldiers, and that the public will be able to watch.

"He's gonna get a firing squad of soldiers, as it should be," Hegseth said during an interview with Jack Posobiec that aired on Real America's Voice. "We'll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it's public, because people need to understand that there's serious consequences for these types of things."...