Why Pete Hegseth Summoned Top Military Leaders

October 3, 2025

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth faced a room of hundreds of generals and admirals whom he had summoned from across the globe, and made his case for shaking up a force that he said had gone soft and “woke.” Greg Jaffe, the Pentagon reporter for The New York Times, discusses Hegseth’s speech.

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