Pete Hegseth 'doing a tremendous job', says White House, despite latest security lapse [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Asked about the fact that the three top Pentagon officials - including two of Hegseth’s closest aides - who were fired after an investigation into alleged leaks were “Hegseth’s own guys”, Leavitt doubles down that they “leaked against their boss to news agencies in this room”. She says the administration “will not tolerate leaks to the mainstream media when it comes to sensitive information”.
She says that Pete Hegseth is “doing a tremendous job” and bringing “monumental change” to the Pentagon. “That’s why we’ve seen a smear campaign against the secretary of defense from the moment that President Trump announced his nomination,” she says.
Let me reiterate the president stands strongly behind secretary Hegseth and the change that he is bringing to the Pentagon and the results that he’s achieved thus far speak for themselves.
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She says the administration “will not tolerate leaks to the mainstream media when it comes to sensitive information”.
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