The Secdef Hegsetth responds to the rumors compiled by the ‘list of’ military officials that will be cleaned
The Secretary of the Defense of the Pete Hegsetth He denied rumors that he had compiled a list of high military leaders he was allegedly planning to clean after the rumors broke through the pentagon last week and allegedly held the flag officers on their feet.
“I have to ask you about this rumored list of people you allegedly assembled that we will all clean up. Is there a list? Is there anyone on the list if there is?” Host “Fox News Sunday” Shannon Bream asked Hegsetth in an exclusive interview on Sunday morning.
“No census, Shannon,” Hegsetth replied. “I heard that, I saw that rumor, although we looked very sharply at the military leadership and their willingness to follow the legitimate command.”
Republican legislators on the Committee on Armed Service in the House and Senate said on Thursday that they had heard of such a list Senior military officials Turn the block to the chopping block but presented nothing.
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Rumors flew through Pentagon on Thursday, creating fear among the best ranked officers, because reports that thousands of trial employees of the DOD, including many military veterans, could be influenced by the federal reduction of the workforce ordered by the White House, Fox News Digital reported week.
The list reportedly contained “a handful of names.”
“Maybe I heard rumors, but I won’t speculate on rumors,” said Senate Senate Committee, Roger Wicker, R-Mis., For Fox News. “No one approached me on such a list except the people who ask me questions.”
President Donald Trump speaks because Tulsi Gabbard swore as a director of the National Intelligence Service in the oval office of the White House, February 12th. (AP/Alex Brandon)
Concern about the alleged list set on Friday, when Hegsetid was to travel to the Guatanomo Bay in Cuba to maintain media availability, but the trip was postponed until later this week. Some officials viewed the delay as a signal that release would be inevitable, Fox Digital reported.
Trump administration on Friday Did he fired six Pentagon officialsIncluding CQ Brown Air Force General, President of Common Heads of Staff, and ADM. Lisa Franchetti, who was the first woman to be the head of maritime operations.
General CQ Brown, president of a joint boss, speaks during a briefing for journalists, April 26, 2024, Pentagon. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
“This is a defense of the Constitution,” Hegsetth continued in his remarks that Bream had been denied the existence of any “list”. “Joe Biden gave a legitimate command. Many of them are really bad, and it is unhappy how they eroded our army, ideological, forged mandates. President Trump gave another a set of legal commands and will follow them. “
The Secretary of the Defense of Pete Hegsetth spoke with the media during his visit to the headquarters of the US European Command and Africa in Stuttgart, Germany, February 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
“And all these commands are in line with the Constitution and norms within the army. If they do not follow them, these officers will find the door. And that is not a difficult calculation. We feel really good in the direction in which the Pentagon is directed with President Trump.
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Earlier in an interview, Hegsetth added that the former president of the common chiefs, General Brown, was “an honorable man, not a real man.”
Fox News’ Louis Casiano, Alexandra Koch and Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report.
