Pentagon chief Hegseth invites his relatives to closed meetings with foreign military personnel
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Sat, 29 Mar 2025 19:03:00 +0200
Hegset brings relatives to meetings where confidential information is discussedIt is known that Jennifer Hegseth was present at the February meeting of defense ministers at NATO headquarters, during which the Contact Group on Defense Issues for Ukraine also met.
The wife of the US Secretary of Defense was also spotted at a meeting on March 6 at the Pentagon with British Defense Secretary John Healy and British Chief of the General Staff Admiral Tony Radakin.
According to WSJ sources, some foreign participants in the meetings did not know who Jennifer Hegset was others were surprised by her presence but did not express open objections.Although Hegset has the authority to grant outsiders a certain level of access to classified information discussed in meetings with foreign colleagues, it is unclear whether he did it for his wife.Pentagon sources confirmed to the publication that Jennifer Hegseth is not an employee of the US Department of Defense.
And Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell responded to the WSJ that it is quite clear to me that your story will be full of inaccuracies and will not be written in good faith.Hegseths younger brother, Philip, who produces conservative podcasts and recently started working for the US Department of Homeland Security, also accompanies the Pentagon chief to some meetings.The two traveled to Guantanamo together in February and are currently on a tour of US Asian allies.
The WSJ report comes amid heightened attention to Pete Hegseths role in a Signal messenger chat room that shared intelligence about the US military operation in Yemen and where The Atlantic journalist was mistakenly added.
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