Former defense secretary Leon Panetta criticized Pete Hegseth's speech to military brass on Tuesday while questioning his ability to lead.

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The message to me would be, ‘You’re not wanted here,'" an Air Force veteran said of Pete Hegseth's speech on Tuesday.

California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, used Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's remarks about "fat generals and admirals" in the U.S. military to troll President Donald Trump.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth slammed "fat generals" and diversity initiatives that he said led to decades of decay in the military and told a rare gathering of commanders on Tuesday they should resign if they do not support his agenda.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump both spoke Tuesday at an unusual meeting to which Hegseth had summoned hundreds of senior officers.

Standing in front of a giant American flag, Trump — along with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth — touted the “merit based” direction of the U.S. Armed Forces at an unusual gathering of hundreds of generals and admirals who were summoned to Quantico,

President Trump, seen here with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sept. 11, will address top military leaders at Quantico, Va., on Tuesday. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told top U.S. military commanders that the purpose of the department he leads would exclusively be "war fighting,