‘Could have been an email’: Officials balk at Hegseth’s generals meeting

Photo caption: Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers remarks at Fort Bragg, North Carolina on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, during a visit to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army. Photo credit: Official White House photo by Daniel Torok via Flickr. US government work. Article by Jack Detsch and Leo Shane III. Politico – updated September 30, 2025.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s speech to top generals was supposed to serve as a rallying cry for military exceptionalism — but it didn’t land that way with many of the people it was targeting. Numerous defense officials — who watched senior brass scramble to Washington and then sit through a partisan speech from President Donald Trump and a return to old-school military standards by Hegseth — were left wondering why the event had occurred at all. […]

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