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US secretary of defense organisation

Named in 3 reports across 3 stories - 28 Aug – 5 Sept

also appears as US Secretary of Defense

28 Aug 20265 Sept 2026

The web around US secretary of defense

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with US secretary of defense. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without US secretary of defense.

Strait of Hormuz and Tehran share 1 reportCanada and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportPresident Trump and Tehran share 1 reportPete Hegseth and US military share 1 reportCanadian youth development program and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportLeon Panetta and President Trump share 1 reportUS military and Washington share 1 reportPentagon and US military share 1 reportPentagon and Washington share 1 reportPete Hegseth and Washington share 1 reportCanada and Canadian youth development program share 1 reportPresident Trump and Strait of Hormuz share 1 reportLeon Panetta and Strait of Hormuz share 1 reportLeon Panetta and Tehran share 1 reportPentagon and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportUS secretary of defensePete HegsethPete Hegseth - 2 shared reports (person)CanadaCanada - 1 shared report (place)Canadian yo…Canadian youth development program - 1 shared report (organization)Leon PanettaLeon Panetta - 1 shared report (person)PentagonPentagon - 1 shared report (organization)President TrumpPresident Trump - 1 shared report (person)Strait of H…Strait of Hormuz - 1 shared report (place)TehranTehran - 1 shared report (place)US militaryUS military - 1 shared report (organization)WashingtonWashington - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

Trump Declares “Crushing Economic Operation” Against Iran

482 outlets1 report names US secretary of defense27 Aug 2025 – 20 Sept 2026

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

38 outlets1 report names US secretary of defense4 Aug – 19 Sept

Canada Mocks America as Hegseth Fat-Shames Youth Cadet Instructor

8 outlets1 report names US secretary of defense1 Sept – 4 Sept

People they appear with

Pete Hegseth2Leon Panetta1President Trump1

Places in the same coverage

Canada1Strait of Hormuz1Tehran1Washington1

Organisations in the same coverage

Canadian youth development program1Pentagon1US military1

Who keeps naming them

The Guardian World2Bloomberg Politics1

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