Trump Administration’s Push For Major Reform Roils The Pentagon

Pete Hegseth looking down and clasping hands with Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., to his left

The Defense Department shakeup included President Trump’s firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (left), weeks after Pete Hegseth (right) became defense secretary.

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The U.S. Defense Department functions best with stability—stable funding, programs progressing, known leaders in established roles. President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have made it their goal to upend the bureaucracy and culture of the top-heavy department. Just more than a...
Brian Everstine

Brian Everstine is the Pentagon Editor for Aviation Week, based in Washington, D.C.

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