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WASHINGTON — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s top aide Ricky Buria told colleagues last year that he and his boss donned disguises and went out drinking together — a juicy bit of gossip that’s widely believed to be a lie and recklessly planted to sniff out leakers, The Post has learned. Two sources said that Buria, 44, told them separately in early 2025 that he and Hegseth, 45, slipped past the secretary’s security detail while he was staying at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Pentagon City. There’s no proof that the great escape actually happened, but the tale has reverberated within...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has asked the highest-ranking US Army officer to resign amid the Iran war. Hegseth asked General Randy George to step down and take immediate retirement, sources told CBS News. A Pentagon official said: 'We are grateful for his service, but it was time for a leadership change in the Army.' George, a Biden appointee, is understood to have clashed with the administration's vision for the Army. Vice Chief of Staff General Christopher LaNeve, a former aide to Hegseth, is likely to be considered as his replacement. Hegseth's decision comes as 50,000 US troops are deployed in...