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From Politico: Joe Kasper, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff will leave his role in the coming days for a new position at the agency, according to a senior administration official, amid a week of turmoil for the Pentagon.
Senior adviser Dan Caldwell, Hegseth deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick and Colin Carroll, the chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, were placed on leave this week in an ongoing leak probe. All three were terminated on Friday, according to three people familiar with the matter, who, like others, were granted anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue.
Caldwell, Carroll, and Selnick and Kasper declined to comment. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request of comment.
Kasper had requested an investigation into Pentagon leaks in March, which included military operational plans for the Panama Canal, a second carrier headed to the Red Sea, Elon Musk’s controversial visit to the Pentagon and a pause in the collection of intelligence for Ukraine.
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The report quotes one former defense official as warning, “Pete Hegseth has surrounded himself with some people who don’t have his interests at heart.”
🚨Just in: The Department of Defense Chief of Staff Joe Kasper will leave his role next week
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Aides put on leave in leaking probe this week had raised concerns to Hegseth about chief of staff Joe Kasper’s leadership, defense officials told @FoxNews
Tensions boiled into “shouting matches” and a “deep vendetta”https://t.co/LQtWhC5KL2
— Morgan Phillips (@_phillipsmorgan) April 18, 2025
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff, Joe Kasper, will leave his role in the wake of Pentagon turmoil.https://t.co/9SUFYz9nYC
— POLITICO (@politico) April 18, 2025
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