There is much to like about Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s interim national defense strategic guidance document.

So what example has Hegseth set? That he’s politically loyal, but also that he’s careless? And when you’re careless in the military, people can die. And that’s why I say, if he has any ...

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The memo, addressed to military leaders and ... at the headquarters level. Hegseth said the realignment effort will support his Interim National Defense Strategy, which emphasizes readiness ...

Urben, a Georgetown University professor of practice and former military intelligence officer. Seidule said Hegseth has a point ... Talbott Center on Security, Strategy, and Technology, Brookings ...

Hegseth, who signed the memo on Friday while aboard a military plan ... warfighters consistent with interim National Defense Strategy guidance." It is an effort to "reduce duplicative efforts ...

Some of the concern abroad is that the briefing is just the latest example of the chaotic nature of President Donald Trump’s approach to the world.