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Admiral Alvin Holsey — a nearly 38‑year Navy veteran who took command of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in November 2024 — announced he will retire effective December 12, 2025 after little more than...
Admiral Alvin Holsey announced he will retire effective Dec. 12, 2025, stepping down as head of U.S. Southern Command amid an escalation of U.S. strikes on small boats in the Caribbean; the announceme...
The fiscal-year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that President Biden signed into law carried a topline authorization around $895.2 billion for Department of Defense and atomic-energy na...
Military and congressional reactions to Admiral Alvin Holsey’s sudden retirement focus on a reported clash with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the legality of lethal strikes on suspected drug-smu...
A search of the FY2026 NDAA materials made available by House and Senate committees and summaries shows that the bill and its joint explanatory statement set broad authorities for military pay, benefi...
Available reporting shows Pete Hegseth was not discharged; instead his tenure has been marked by multiple investigations, misconduct allegations, and policy actions he initiated — including IG reviews...
Multiple news outlets report that former and current officials, legal experts and several congressional committees have opened or called for investigations into Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s rol...
Pete Hegseth’s visible tattoos — notably a large Jerusalem (Crusader) cross and an Arabic-script word read by many as “kafir” (infidel) — have repeatedly reopened questions about his views and suitabi...
Several senior Pentagon political appointees publicly defended President Trump’s personnel and policy moves—most notably Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who publicly defended firings and endorsed Trum...
The has been cited repeatedly in recent reporting and institutional analyses as a vector for potential abuse when used to deploy military forces domestically, to advance personal or political aims, or...
Roger Wicker — the Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee — explicitly joined a bipartisan request for an expedited inspector general review and said the panel would seek a classified...
Admiral Alvin Holsey’s departure was publicly framed as a retirement effective December 12, 2025, with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announcing the move but not giving a detailed reason . Reporting f...
Admiral Alvin Holsey’s announced retirement from U.S. Southern Command—first disclosed by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth in October and set for Dec. 12, 2025—has been widely reported as abrupt and ...
Ordering destruction of vessels in international waters carries real risks of civilian deaths — reporting ties U.S. strikes to at least 76–87 killed in recent operations and specific counts of 83 in s...
AIPAC and its affiliated PACs spent record sums in the 2023–2024 cycle—more than $51.8 million in direct contributions and $37.86 million in outside spending per OpenSecrets, and AIPAC’s PAC gave over...
Congress did oversee and question civilian harm from Obama-era drone strikes: hearings and oversight actions occurred in both House and Senate committees—most visibly during the 2013–2015 period aroun...
Admiral Alvin Holsey (sometimes reported as Halsey in some outlets) announced he will retire from U.S. Southern Command on Dec. 12, 2025, after less than a year in the job amid tensions over U.S. stri...
Admiral Alvin Holsey’s public posture testimony was given to congressional armed services committees — specifically the Senate Armed Services Committee (and the House counterpart for posture hearings)...
Available reporting shows Admiral Alvin Holsey (also spelled Holsey/Halsey in some outlets) resigned and will retire effective Dec. 12, 2025 amid tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over Cari...
Admiral Alvin Holsey’s abrupt announcement that he will retire Dec. 12 after less than a year as commander of U.S. Southern Command drew immediate alarm from senior Democrats and guarded praise from t...