Dec 06, 2025
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The war secretary has been under pressure over maritime disputes and a signal scandal that the Pentagon said threatened US forces
The position of the Secretary of Defense of the United States Pete HGSET has become very expensive due to the naval attacks that occur in the demonstration of congestion in the Caribbean and the challenges that arise from internal reports about the use of the program abroad.
At the moment, the disease in Venezuela is high, even after the talks between Trump and Maduro.The United States has sent a large military force near Venezuelan waters with the aim of "fighting drugs", but Caracy, but Jaracas sees it as a threat for political reasons.
The United States carried out another deadly attack on a ship in international waters on Thursday night, acting on the direct orders of the Secretary of War.
According to the US command, the vessel was operated by a terrorist organization and the intelligence services confirmed that it was carrying illegal drugs.The marine unit traversed a notorious drug-smuggling route in the eastern Pacific.
The operation ended with the killing of four people on board.
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The attack on the drug boat and Bradley's defense
The case of the indorists who put Hegs's place Although the calmness of the first showed him as a confirmation, Admiral Colank Bradley, commander of the US Navy Bradley, argued that the head of the Pentagon did not give the order to "kill all the survivors" and sink the designated vessel.
However, Admiral Bradley himself later personally argued for a second order.According to Democrat Jim Himes, who attended the briefing, Bradley defended his decision by arguing that the two survivors of the first attack were considered "legitimate targets" because they "could have continued to move drugs."
A justification that met with approval from Democrat HimesIn fact, the congressman called the video of the military action one of the most disturbing things I've seen since I've been in Congress: "Every American who watches the video I see will see the American military attacking the sailors who were shipwrecked: bad, yes, still shipwrecked."
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At the same time, the findings of a Ministry of Defense report on the minister's signal conversations sparked new calls for his resignation.The Pentagon's inspector general ruled that Hegseth could have "endangered American soldiers and the American mission" by sharing military plans for attacks in Yemen on the messaging app.
Although the publication established the rules not to violate the rules, it is about "practice" pure "appropriate".Criticism does not come from the Democrats, and the person responsible for punishment has important signs to call his representatives or fire.Decisions still exist in confidence, with much confidence in the capabilities of the government, although with the support of the government from Donald Trump.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune openly denounced the Signal case as a "mistake" and did not even defend Hext in the attacks on the ship.But Thune left the final decision on the secretary's fate up to the president, saying "the head of the Pentagon serves the president."
Ladesuit New York Times
To complete the picture of heseth's problems, the New York Times lawsuit against the defense department, Pentagon spokesman Sean Parlell added.The complaint was filed in federal court in Washington, where the new documents were placed on access to their numbers instead of registering them.
According to Charlie Stadtlander, a Times spokesman, the policy was "an attempt to control what the government does not like, an infringement on the free press's right to seek information guaranteed by the First and Fifth Amendments."
