"There is a Complete Meltdown in the Building": Pentagon Reportedly in "Chaos" as Hegseth Loses Four Staffers in One Day
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April 18, 2025
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is losing his chief of staff, Joe Kasper, in the coming days, according to a report published by Politico on Friday night.
Kasper will remain with the agency.
However, three other Defense aides who were put on leave earlier this week were terminated on Friday, according to sources granted anonymity by Politico.
Those three, who were reportedly on leave in connection with an ongoing leak investigation, were senior advisor Dan Caldwell, Hegseth deputy chief of staff Darin Selnick, and Colin Carroll, who was chief of staff to the deputy director of Defense .
Two sources told Politico that Carroll and Selnick intend to sue for wrongful termination.
The Pentagon has been beset by a series of leaks in recent weeks, including the disclosure of (hypothetical?) military plans for the Panama Canal, U.S. carrier movement in the Middle East, the halting of intelligence gathering on behalf of Ukraine, and a briefing at the Pentagon with Elon Musk.
The shakeup comes as Hegseth was at the center of a scandal involving a group chat with government officials on Signal, an encrypted messaging app.
Last month, Hegseth shared forthcoming plans for airstrikes on Houthi rebel targets in Yemen with more than a dozen officials in the chat, to which National Security Advisor Michael Waltz accidentally added "Atlantic" editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
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