{"id":17473,"date":"2025-04-21T18:48:06","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=17473"},"modified":"2025-04-21T18:48:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:48:06","slug":"former-pentagon-official-warns-departments-dysfunction-could-topple-hegseth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=17473","title":{"rendered":"Former Pentagon official warns department\u2019s dysfunction could topple Hegseth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Ullyot, who resigned from the Pentagon<\/u><\/a> last week, described a department in collapse. He accused Hegseth\u2019s team of \u201cfalsehoods\u201d about why three top officials were fired last week, saying they hadn\u2019t leaked sensitive information to the media. He chastised Pentagon officials for how they handled revelations that Hegseth shared sensitive military information in a Signal chat, and he pointed to other leaks that caused embarrassment to the administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remarkable accusations by a former official \u2014 who left only two days ago and insists he still supports the Trump administration\u2019s national security policies \u2014 underscores the infighting and upheaval that has turned increasingly public in recent weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But he also found himself in the center of several controversies that added to that chaos.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Pentagon on Friday fired top staffers \u2014 senior adviser Dan Caldwell, deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick and Colin Carroll, chief of staff to the deputy Defense secretary. Joe Kasper, Hegseth\u2019s chief of staff will also leave his role <\/u><\/a>in the coming days for a new position at the agency, according to a senior administration official.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The three fired staff backed up some of Ullyot\u2019s claims in a Saturday post on X<\/u><\/a>, saying they didn\u2019t know why they were terminated. The trio wrote that they \u201chave 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 \u2018leaks\u2019 to begin with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They charged that \u201cunnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door.\u201d They expressed support for the \u201cTrump-Vance Administration\u2019s mission to make the Pentagon great again,\u201d but did not mention Hegseth, with whom they\u2019d worked closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The terminations follow a purge of top military officers in February, including former Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. C.Q. Brown, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, and Air Force second in command, Gen. James Slife.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/04\/20\/ullyot-pentagon-hegseth-chaos-00300695<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Ullyot, who resigned from the Pentagon last week, described a department in collapse. He accused Hegseth\u2019s team of \u201cfalsehoods\u201d about why three top officials were fired last week, saying they hadn\u2019t leaked sensitive information to the media. He chastised Pentagon officials for how they handled revelations that Hegseth shared sensitive military information in a Signal chat, and he pointed to other leaks that caused embarrassment to the administration.
\nThe remarkable accusations by a former official \u2014 who left only two days ago and insists he still supports the Trump administration\u2019s national security policies \u2014 underscores the infighting and upheaval that has turned increasingly public in recent weeks.<\/p>\n

But he also found himself in the center of several controversies that added to that chaos.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“The Pentagon on Friday fired top staffers \u2014 senior adviser Dan Caldwell, deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick and Colin Carroll, chief of staff to the deputy Defense secretary. Joe Kasper, Hegseth\u2019s chief of staff will also leave his role in the coming days for a new position at the agency, according to a senior administration official.”<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“The three fired staff backed up some of Ullyot\u2019s claims in a Saturday post on X, saying they didn\u2019t know why they were terminated. The trio wrote that they \u201chave 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 \u2018leaks\u2019 to begin with.\u201d<\/p>\n

They charged that \u201cunnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door.\u201d They expressed support for the \u201cTrump-Vance Administration\u2019s mission to make the Pentagon great again,\u201d but did not mention Hegseth, with whom they\u2019d worked closely.<\/p>\n

The terminations follow a purge of top military officers in February, including former Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. C.Q. Brown, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan, and Air Force second in command, Gen. James Slife.”<\/p>\n

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