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Source: White House looking to replace Pete Hegseth as defense secretary : NPR
据一位未获授权公开发言的美国官员透露，白宫已开始寻找五角大楼的新领导人来接替皮特·赫格塞斯。与此同时，赫格塞斯再次因在群聊中分享军事行动细节而陷入争议。 据这位官员称，国防部长被曝在群聊中与其妻子、兄弟和律师分享机密信息，目前他正受到抨击。 消息人士称，赫格塞斯使用个人智能手机上的Signal通讯应用程序，详细分享了针对也门胡塞武装目标空袭的每分钟机密信息。3月份大约同一时间，赫格塞斯在另一个Signal聊天群中与白宫高级官员分享了类似的信息，该群中意外包含了一名记者。此次泄密发生在空袭发生前数小时，如果有关袭击时间的信息被美国对手截获，可能会危及美国飞行员的安全。胡塞武装已经两次击落美国的“捕食者”无人机。 白宫新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特否认替换赫格塞斯的计划，并在X上发帖称特朗普总统“坚定地”支持他。特朗普在白宫对记者表示，他支持赫格塞斯，并表示对Signal通话的担忧是“浪费时间”。 特朗普说，“他做得很好——问问胡塞武装他的情况吧。”赫格塞斯在周一早些时候的白宫复活节活动上否认有任何不当行为。 他说，“这就是媒体的伎俩，他们从心怀不满的前雇员那里获取匿名消息来源，然后试图对他人进行痛击，毁掉他人的名誉。这对我来说行不通。”赫格塞斯可能指的是上周突然离开五角大楼的四名高级顾问。前国防部发言人约翰·乌利奥特辞职后发表了一篇评论文章，称五角大楼过去一个月的内讧“全面爆发”，正在损害特朗普总统的利益。
The White House has begun the process of looking for a new leader at the Pentagon to replace Pete Hegseth, according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly. This comes as Hegseth is again mired in controversy over sharing military operational details in a group chat.
The defense secretary is under fire after revelations that he shared classified information in a group chat with his wife, brother and lawyer, according to the official.
The source said Hegseth used the Signal messaging app on his personal smartphone, detailing minute-by-minute classified information about airstrikes on Houthi targets in Yemen. It happened at about the same time in March that Hegseth shared similar details with top White House officials in a different Signal chat group that accidentally included a journalist. That leak, hours before air strikes hit, could have endangered U..S. pilots if that information about the timing of strikes was intercepted by U.S. adversaries. Already the Houthis have twice shot down American predator drones.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt denied that there’s an effort to replace Hegseth, posting on X that President Trump “stands strongly” behind him. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump backed Hegseth and said concerns over the Signal chats are a “waste of time.”
“He’s doing a great job — ask the Houthis how he’s doing,” Trump said.
Hegseth had denied wrongdoing at a White House Easter event earlier Monday.
“This is what the media does, they take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees, and then they try to slash and burn people, ruin their reputation. It’s not going to work with me,” he said.
Hegseth was likely referring to four senior advisers who left the Pentagon abruptly last week. Former Defense Department spokesperson John Ullyot resigned and then published an opinion piece calling the past month at the Pentagon a “full-blown meltdown” of infighting that is hurting President Trump.
