President Donald Trump spoke before this year's West Point graduates amid the administration's crackdown on DEI initiatives ...

Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz reiterated the administration’s support for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sunday ... a wave of high-profile controversies and resignations ...

Over recent weeks, Hegseth has faced controversy over two leaked Signal ... “Because of your leadership, sir, I believe we’re making the military great again,” he told Trump.

Just as the Signal controversy appeared to be dying down ... since gone on the record to describe the Pentagon under Hegseth's leadership as shambolic. Amid the fallout from the firings, several ...

Hegseth has labeled nearly all of the controversies as left-wing misinformation ... a 2010 National Headliner Award, the IAVA Leadership in Journalism award and the VFW News Media award.

Hegseth, responding with laughter, praised Trump's leadership and military achievements ... stating "I think we're controversial because we're over the target" before discussing Trump's first ...

Given all this, the hurly-burly of Hegseth’s controversial debut as defense ... corporation. Senior leadership calls for superior knowledge of the strategic demands imposed by the challenges ...