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Second Defense Official Under Pete Hegseth Reportedly Placed on Leave
Newsweek ^ | 4/15/25 | Newsweek

Posted on 04/15/2025 7:19:11 PM PDT by hardspunned

Two Department of Defense (DOD) officials are now reportedly on administrative leave Tuesday night amid investigations of internal leaks within the agency.

According to Politico, citing a defense official, Deputy Chief of Staff Darin Selnick was escorted out of the Pentagon and placed on administrative leave. Selnick is a retired Air Force officer with a previous career in Veterans Affairs, per his DOD bio.

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“Reuters first reported Hegseth's top adviser, Dan Caldwell, was also escorted out of the building and placed under administrative leave due to "an unauthorized disclosure."
1 posted on 04/15/2025 7:19:11 PM PDT by hardspunned
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To: hardspunned

Occasionally a good “house cleaning” is warranted.


2 posted on 04/15/2025 7:22:11 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MAX)
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To: hardspunned

At this point we can only wonder if one or both of these guys were responsible for the leak to The Atlantic.

We may never know. But I do trust Hegseth in his kicking out traitors.


3 posted on 04/15/2025 7:23:35 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Nobody elected Elon Musk? Well nobody elected the Deep State either.)
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To: hardspunned

Who’s paying them?


4 posted on 04/15/2025 7:34:09 PM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Long live The Great MAGA Kangz!)
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To: HYPOCRACY

2 of them? Gotta be more.

You can’t scare these lefties into getting scared straight.


5 posted on 04/15/2025 7:44:37 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: hardspunned

> Two Department of Defense (DOD) officials are now reportedly on administrative leave… <

The left will spin this as something bad.

But it’s actually something quite good. The lax and careless days are over. Do your job, and stay in your lane. Or face the consequences.


6 posted on 04/15/2025 7:47:32 PM PDT by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: HYPOCRACY
"Who’s paying them?"

They're getting their regular paycheck while suspended, but that's standard procedure these days with government positions. If they are eventually canned, they can't come back and claim they weren't treated fairly.

7 posted on 04/15/2025 8:04:21 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: hardspunned

Interesting this is happening after DOGE has been working in the Pentagon. Could Pete’s first request been a little help from “Tech Support”?


8 posted on 04/15/2025 8:26:42 PM PDT by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: hardspunned

Me thinks the people leaking have been found I’m guessing Elon and his crew had a way of finding out who did it


9 posted on 04/15/2025 8:38:41 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: bigbob

That was my thought too those pentagon guys aren’t really much of a match to guys with 150 plus IQs


10 posted on 04/15/2025 8:39:50 PM PDT by Lod881019
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To: hardspunned

Pentagon may use polygraph tests to investigate leaks involving national security
UPI ^ | 3/22/25 | Allen Cone
Posted on 3/22/2025, 7:20:13 PM by Libloather

March 22 (UPI) — The Pentagon is investigating leaks of national security information, including using polygraph tests, one day after media reports about an upcoming briefing with White House senior adviser Elon Musk.

Joe Kasper, the Defense Department’s chief of staff, on Friday issued a memo about the “recent unauthorized disclosures of national security information involving sensitive communications with principals within the Office of the Secretary of Defense demand immediate and thorough investigation.”...


11 posted on 04/15/2025 8:47:36 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustmilents offered here free of charge)
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To: hardspunned

Dan is a long time friend of Pete’s. It might have been a hit job. Dan’s views were a little soft for the Pentagon.


12 posted on 04/15/2025 8:48:57 PM PDT by Revolutionary ("Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition!")
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To: hardspunned

Why are they placed on administrative leave? Fire them! Their disloyalty should be reason enough.


13 posted on 04/15/2025 8:49:01 PM PDT by gildafarrell (You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.)
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To: hardspunned
Keep them coming.

The more of these people removed from their positions, the better.

14 posted on 04/15/2025 9:57:11 PM PDT by flamberge (Believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.)
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To: House Atreides

I have nagging bad feeling about what’s happened today. I just hope we’re not seeing a housecleaning of the good.


15 posted on 04/16/2025 4:05:16 AM PDT by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 36 months)
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