Hegseth addresses Army convention amid leadership shake-up: 4 takeaways

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed a major Army convention on Wednesday amid a leadership shake-up in the military’s largest branch, discussing the Pentagon’s approach to autonomous systems and calling for Congress to pass a massive defense budget. Speaking for over an hour, he defended his 20 percent cut to general officers at the Pentagon and...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addressed a major Army convention on Wednesday amid a leadership shake-up in the military’s largest branch, discussing the Pentagon’s approach to autonomous systems and calling for Congress to pass a massive defense budget. Speaking for over an hour, he defended his 20 percent cut to general officers at the Pentagon and...