Pete Hegseth addresses military leaders at Quantico
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Pete Hegseth slammed "fat generals" and diversity initiatives while speaking to military commanders at a meeting in Quantico, Virginia.
The Virginia municipality, known as Q Town, is encircled by the Marine Corps base where Trump and Hegseth are expected to meet with the generals Tuesday.
The president and his defense secretary addressed hundreds of high-ranking U.S. military officials at a rare in-person gathering in northern Virginia on Tuesday.
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Mystery meeting at Quantico
A government shutdown could trap the generals at Quantico. President Donald Trump and Democrats emerged from a private White House meeting Monday without an agreement to keep the federal government open. If commanders' aides haven't booked return flights — they could get stuck.
War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday a slew of new personnel fitness and grooming directives going after “fat general” and
President Trump spoke for nearly an hour to senior U.S. military leaders at the Marine Corps Museum in Quantico, Virginia. He commented on a range of topics, including a new military spending plan. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata and Nancy Cordes have the details,
President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed hundreds of top commanders from around the world.
The Pentagon issued several memos on Tuesday that outlined a broad range of personnel changes, instituting stricter grooming standards and gender-neutral standards for combat jobs. The memos follow a Tuesday address by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of senior military leadership at Marine Corps Base Quantico,
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the country's military elite new reforms would weed political correctness from the U.S. armed forces.
Be prepared for schedule changes and possible traffic impacts Tuesday as hundreds of senior military leaders descend on Marine Corps Base Quantico for a top-brass meeting called by Defense Secretary
The nearly unprecedented military event has required some officers to travel thousands of miles. Trump cast the discussion largely as a pep talk.
These are among the array of theories outsiders have floated in their attempts to explain a mysterious mass gathering Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hastily ordered last week, summoning hundreds of top military commanders to Quantico, Virginia, on Sept. 30.
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