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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Rhian Lubin

Pete Hegseth shutters Pentagon office that helped military leaders plan for possible future wars

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has moved to shutter the Pentagon office that helped military leaders plan for possible future wars.

A memo signed by Hegseth dated March 13 reportedly said that civil employees in the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment will be reassigned to other “mission critical positions” as it is dismantled. The office is often referred to as the Pentagon’s internal think tank.

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