Pete Hegseth

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced that Admiral Alvin Halsey would retire after 37 years in the military.

But it's almost unheard of for an officer not to finish the full three years of a command like this, especially in the middle of a military buildup.

Thousands of US troops have moved into position off the Venezuelan coast, and the US has destroyed several vessels the White House claims were carrying narcotics.

Critics say those strikes amount to execution without trial.

A US official told NPR that Halsey recently met with Hegseth at the Pentagon to express his concerns about these strikes, and that his resignation was announced by Hegseth shortly after.

Quill Lawrence, NPR News.

NATO consider expelling Spain.

Watch, we had a chance to go along on the historic trip of Middle East peace, which our generation of veterans never dreamed would be possible.

So you would think that

The Pentagon press corps of all press corps would be front and center across the board on wanting to give credit to the president for forging this kind of piece and instead what they want to talk about is a policy about them, which simply says maybe the policy should look like the White House or other military installations where you have to wear a badge that identifies that you're press or you can't just roam anywhere you want.

It used to be, Mr. President, the press could go anywhere, pretty much anywhere in the Pentagon.

It used to be, Mr. President, the press could go anywhere, pretty much anywhere in the Pentagon, the most classified area in the world.

Or also that if they sign onto the credentialing, they're not going to try to get soldiers to break the law by giving them classified information.

So it's common sense stuff, Mr. President.

We're trying to

Make sure national security is respected and we're proud of the policy.

Very important mission.

And I told Pete we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for.

Our military.

National Guard, but military.