白宫官员为国防部长皮特·赫格斯（Pete Hegseth）辩护，在周末的另一轮争议中，指责媒体和五角大楼建立在整个军队中抵制需要进行的改革。远处。“赫格斯秘书被提名为这个职位，因为他为穿着制服的男人和女人站起来，他们将自己的生命献身于保护我们的国家和我们的家园，”莱维特说。 “不幸的是，[五角大楼]有些人不喜欢这一变化，所以他们正在泄漏，他们向主流媒体撒谎。间隙。白宫官员否认了该报告，并由其他多家媒体证实。该故事在上周进行了一系列高级射击之后，其中赫格斯思的核心团队的高级成员被删除或重新分配了 - 据称是为了泄漏信息，尽管他们在联合声明中否认了这一指控。 In addition, Pentagon Chief of Staff Joe Kasper is also leaving his post for another job in the Defense Department.“At this time, we still have not been told what exactly we were investigated for, if there is still an active investigation, or if there was even a real investigation of ‘leaks’ to begin with,” the three fired officials wrote in their statement Saturday.On Sunday, former Chief Pentagon Spokesman John Ullyot authored an editorial in Politico which described赫格斯的