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Defense Secretary person

Named in 12 reports across 6 stories - 22 Aug – 26 Oct

also appears as Defense secretary

22 Aug 202626 Oct 2026
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Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with Defense Secretary. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without Defense Secretary.

Pentagon and Pete Hegseth share 2 reportsPete Hegseth and Washington share 2 reportsHegseth and Pete Hegseth share 2 reportsArmy Secretary and Hegseth share 1 reportConfucius Institutes and Washington share 1 reportConfucius Institutes and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportArmy Secretary and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportCentcom and Hegseth share 1 reportBenjamin Netanyahu and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportCentcom and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportHegseth and Pentagon share 1 reportArmy and Pentagon share 1 reportArmy and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportDefense SecretaryPete HegsethPete Hegseth - 8 shared reports (person)HegsethHegseth - 4 shared reports (person)PentagonPentagon - 4 shared reports (organization)WashingtonWashington - 2 shared reports (place)ArmyArmy - 1 shared report (organization)Army SecretaryArmy Secretary - 1 shared report (person)Benjamin Ne…Benjamin Netanyahu - 1 shared report (person)BritainBritain - 1 shared report (place)CentcomCentcom - 1 shared report (organization)Confucius I…Confucius Institutes - 1 shared report (organization)

The stories

Trump Declares “Crushing Economic Operation” Against Iran

555 outlets1 report names Defense Secretary27 Aug 2025 – 31 Oct 2026

Scoop: Inside Hegseth's classified plea for more defense funds

74 outlets7 reports name Defense Secretary4 Aug – 31 Oct

US Army secretary may step down before year’s end: Report

47 outlets1 report names Defense Secretary22 Aug – 8 Sept

Wes Streeting urges US to back Ukraine on Washington visit after Starlink row

8 outlets1 report names Defense Secretary15 Oct – 31 Oct

US sending hundreds of troops to Latin America as Pentagon widens anti-cartel campaign: Report

7 outlets1 report names Defense Secretary14 Oct – 27 Oct

Pentagon designates China-backed campus cultural centers a threat to US national security

7 outlets1 report names Defense Secretary23 Oct – 26 Oct

Who keeps naming them

The Hill5Anadolu Agency (AA)3Google News - Top Stories1Politico Europe1NYT World1The Guardian World1

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