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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Nidal Hasan’s firing-squad execution, scheduled for 3 December, will be livestreamed. Archbishop Timothy Broglio condemned the plan and urged Catholic soldiers assigned to the squad to seek exemption.
Nidal Hasan killed 13 people in a shooting at a medical processing center at Fort Hood, Texas.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US had fired 10% of its generals and admirals and reduced general-officer slots by another 10%, for a 20% reduction. The Pentagon did not clarify whether the cuts were complete; they are due by Jan. 1, 2027.
AllegedThe reported new reduction would bring the total decrease to 20 percent.
Two drones struck the US embassy compound in Saudi Arabia on 3 March.
Donald Trump said the Pentagon will no longer livestream Nidal Hasan’s scheduled Dec. 3 firing-squad execution, cancelling a plan announced by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after backlash. The execution remains scheduled at Fort Hood, with 13 soldiers killed and 32 people injured in the 2009 attack.
People killed in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed military commanders to schedule a one-day stand-down to give service members time to vote in the midterms. King County, Washington, is processing ballots from service members and Americans living abroad.
The military stand-down directed by Hegseth lasts one day.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he is reshaping the U.S. military through personnel changes, reduced diversity initiatives and greater emphasis on religious faith and a “warrior ethos.” He has also launched a religious affairs office and is accelerating autonomous weapons and other technologies.
The Defense Department officially recognizes 31 religious affiliations.
Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian, a 120-day Defense Department effort on future warfare, involving Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich. The Guardian reports that Pentagon official Emil Michael will lead it and that it is planned to produce an unclassified public report.
Project Meridian's planned duration is 120 days.