https://news.ketelle.co.uk/entities/pete-hegseth Stories involving Pete Hegseth, told neutrally, with how each side covers them. en-gb https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/elon-musk-appointed-to-lead-pentagon-s-project-meridian-on-future-warf https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/elon-musk-appointed-to-lead-pentagon-s-project-meridian-on-future-warf Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:50:52 +0100 Politics Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Project Meridian, a 120-day study of future warfare co-led by Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey and Newt Gingrich. Coverage differs mainly on how much weight to give possible conflicts of interest. (3 outlets: 0 left · 2 centre · 1 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/defense-secretary-hegseth-distributes-field-manual-featuring-speeches- https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/defense-secretary-hegseth-distributes-field-manual-featuring-speeches- Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:20:30 +0100 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave troops at his "State of the Force" address a 144-page "Field Manual" collecting his speeches and a Trump message. Coverage so far comes from two left-leaning outlets. (2 outlets: 2 left · 0 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/pentagon-announces-new-autonomous-warfare-command-under-defense-secret https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/pentagon-announces-new-autonomous-warfare-command-under-defense-secret Wed, 30 Sep 2026 22:11:12 +0100 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a new four-star command for autonomous and robotic warfare in his State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico. A commander is yet to be chosen. (4 outlets: 0 left · 2 centre · 2 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/hegseth-to-cut-20-percent-of-admiral-and-general-posts-at-pentagon https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/hegseth-to-cut-20-percent-of-admiral-and-general-posts-at-pentagon Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:41:07 +0100 US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth used a State of the Force speech at Quantico to announce a 20% reduction in general and admiral posts, doubling a 2025 target. Right-leaning outlets stress bureaucracy-cutting; left-leaning ones call it a purge. (18 outlets: 8 left · 3 centre · 7 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/hegseth-freezes-tenured-civilian-hiring-at-military-academies https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/hegseth-freezes-tenured-civilian-hiring-at-military-academies Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:29:48 +0100 Politics Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memo on 29 September directing the service academies to stop appointing civilians to tenured posts, saying tenure works against the warfighting mission. Coverage places it within his wider overhaul of military education. (3 outlets: 2 left · 1 centre · 0 right) https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/cotton-urges-pentagon-review-after-f-35-components-lost-in-china https://news.ketelle.co.uk/stories/cotton-urges-pentagon-review-after-f-35-components-lost-in-china Wed, 30 Sep 2026 08:14:15 +0100 US Sen. Tom Cotton, chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, wrote to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asking for a review of how military equipment is shipped, after F-35 components from Australia were lost in China. (2 outlets: 0 left · 1 centre · 1 right)