Pete Hegseth out as Secretary of Defense by July 31?
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Hegseth: Department Success Buoyed by Courage, Spirit, Leadership. • The War Department has had a lot of success in the past 19 months, in no small part due to the men and women of the U.S. military, but also because of presidential leadership, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said during a cabinet meeting at Camp David, Md.
.@maggieNYT tells @ezraklein Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is a "die-hard Trumper. Not MAGA — Trumper. And so that buys you a lot of cachet internally"
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gestures as he testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on U.S. President Donald Trump's supplemental funding request for the Department of Defense, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 21, 2026. REUTERS/Eric Lee
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies before lawmakers for the first time in over two months. He will focus on requesting additional funding and will face numerous questions regarding the war with #Iran. Here are the details
NEWS: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to hold a classified briefing tomorrow morning on Capitol Hill at 8:30 am with several House and Senate lawmakers on the Iran war and the supplemental funding request, a Pentagon source tells me @thehill
Donald Trump is dissatisfied with Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth's handling of the operation against Iran, CBS News reports, citing sources. He believes Mr. Hegseth's actions led to the United States missing an opportunity to avoid a protracted conflict by rejecting Iran's offer to limit its nuclear program. According to the publication's sources, the Pentagon chief insisted on confrontation with Iran, despite the objections of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Kane. Subscribe to Kommersant on MAX | on Telegram
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This market will resolve to “Yes” if Pete Hegseth ceases to be U.S. Secretary of Defense for any period of time between market creation and the specified date, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.
An announcement of Pete Hegseth's resignation/removal by this market's end date will immediately resolve this market to "Yes", regardless of when the announced resignation/removal goes into effect.
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