{"id":9442,"date":"2025-04-21T14:57:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9442"},"modified":"2025-04-21T14:57:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T18:57:50","slug":"white-house-denies-reports-its-seeking-new-defense-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/government\/white-house-denies-reports-its-seeking-new-defense-secretary\/phouck\/2025\/04\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Denies Reports It\u2019s Seeking New Defense Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt didn\u2019t mince words Monday, firing back at an NPR report claiming the administration is quietly searching for a new secretary of defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Leavitt dismissed the story as \u201cfake news\u201d and reaffirmed that President Trump has full confidence in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth \u2014 echoing remarks she made earlier during an appearance on Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NPR<\/a>\u2069 story is total FAKE NEWS based on one anonymous source who clearly has no idea what they are talking about. <br><br>As the President said this morning, he stands strongly behind \u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a>\u2069.  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5Npig8968v\">https:\/\/t.co\/5Npig8968v<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec\/status\/1914371752685076757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PressSec<\/a>: &quot;The President stands strongly behind <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecDef?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecDef<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PeteHegseth?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PeteHegseth<\/a>, who is doing a phenomenal job leading the Pentagon.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8exZQSJr5a\">pic.twitter.com\/8exZQSJr5a<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1914299932854407660?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At the center of the controversy are revelations that Hegseth shared sensitive details about a planned U.S. airstrike in Yemen through a private Signal chat. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/20\/us\/politics\/hegseth-yemen-attack-second-signal-chat.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to a New York Times report<\/a> published Sunday \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/national-security\/pete-hegseth-signal-chat-pentagon-e717ea84\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">later corroborated by The Wall Street Journal<\/a> \u2014 the previously unreported March 15 exchange included Hegseth\u2019s wife, brother and personal attorney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hegseth allegedly disclosed the timing of F\/A-18 Hornet aircraft departures for an operation targeting Houthi terrorists. The Signal group, titled Defense | Team Huddle, was reportedly used for both personal and professional updates \u2014 but in this instance, it included highly sensitive operational information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The incident follows a previous misstep involving another Signal chat, where a conversation between top administration officials \u2014 including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Vice President JD Vance \u2014 was accidentally shared with a prominent liberal journalist from The Atlantic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pentagon inspector general\u2019s office has launched an inquiry to assess whether the use of a platform like Signal violated protocols for handling certain information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the growing pressure, the administration has shown no public sign of backing away from Hegseth. In addition to Leavitt\u2019s denial of the NPR story, Trump himself has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/04\/21\/us\/trump-administration-news?campaign_id=190&amp;emc=edit_ufn_20250421&amp;instance_id=153010&amp;nl=from-the-times&amp;regi_id=176784269&amp;segment_id=196441&amp;user_id=037cd370d55c095bf8e0511e5a24f4e2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brushed off concerns over Hegseth&#8217;s Signal chats<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House may be banking on a unified public front to contain the fallout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanliberty.news\/crime\/kristi-noem-targeted-in-dc-theft-amid-rising-crime-concerns\/phouck\/2025\/04\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump Cabinet Member Robbed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt didn\u2019t mince words Monday, firing back at an NPR report claiming the administration is quietly searching for a new secretary of defense. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Leavitt dismissed the story as \u201cfake news\u201d and reaffirmed that President Trump has full confidence in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":9358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1348,1354,26],"tags":[595,109,391,1693,1443,1692,15],"class_list":["post-9442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","category-media","category-news","tag-department-of-defense","tag-karoline-leavitt","tag-mainstream-media","tag-npr","tag-pete-hegseth","tag-signalgate","tag-trump-administration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>White House Denies Reports It\u2019s Seeking New Defense Secretary - Great America News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/news\/white-house-denies-reports-its-seeking-new-defense-secretary\/phouck\/2025\/04\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"White House Denies Reports It\u2019s Seeking New Defense Secretary - Great America News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt didn\u2019t mince words Monday, firing back at an NPR report claiming the administration is quietly searching for a new secretary of defense. 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