Mike Brest
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- Sep 29, 2026
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Hegseth to announce further reduction in leadership positions (opens the original)
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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth will announce plans to reduce the number of leadership positions allotted to generals and admirals by 20% during his State of the Force address on Wednesday. The services will be expected to complete the reductions by the start of 2027. Some of the positions will be downgraded rather than eliminated altogether. Join Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most. Hegseth will address junior officers and enlisted leade
UN: 'Reasonable grounds' some US strikes in Iran were war crimes (opens the original)
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The U.N.’s fact-finding mission on Iran acknowledged it found “reasonable grounds” to conclude the U.S. military committed war crimes in two bombings inside Iran that allegedly resulted in civilian casualties. The Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, which was established by the U.N. Human Rights Council in 2022, released its report on the conditions Iranian civilians are living through, both from U.S. attacks and Iranian state-sanctioned violence on Thursday. Join Washington
Iran war adds pressure to Pentagon’s procurement transformation (opens the original)
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The Iran war, which on Friday hit the six-month mark and has gone on longer than the Trump administration anticipated, has exacerbated the need for the changes to the defense industrial base that Pentagon leaders were already starting to address. Even prior to the war, which has resulted in the depletion of certain critical munitions, War Secretary Pete Hegseth had initiated a massive transformation to the department’s procurement strategy to meet what he characterized as “a 1939 moment.” Join W
Israel seized UNRWA compound in Jerusalem (opens the original)
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Israeli security forces forcibly seized and removed the employees inside the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Kalandia Training Center in East Jerusalem on Tuesday. The building had been UNRWA’s oldest vocational training center and had been open for more than seven decades. UNRWA said in a statement, “at least four armored vehicles” entered the United Nations compound “accompanied by more than 50 Israeli security personnel,” while roughly 20 staff members were on si
Trump indicates US won't seek MOU extension after expiration (opens the original)
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The memorandum of understanding that the United States and Iran agreed to in June called for a 60-day ceasefire so the two sides could negotiate an end to the war, but that time frame expired on Monday without a long-term agreement in place. President Donald Trump indicated in the Oval Office on Monday that he would not seek an extension of the ceasefire. Join Washington Examiner for unlimited access to the news, analysis, and commentary that matter most. Subscribe for full access to Washington
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