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Topic: Joint Chiefs of Staff

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth attends a Mexican Border Defense Medal Ceremony at the Pentagon on July 27, 2026. (Annabelle GORDON / AFP)

Pete Hegseth's polygraph theater

Jesselyn Radack
Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has given tacit consent to President Donald Trump's threats against Iran (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Joint Chiefs Chair is enabling Trump

Chauncey DeVega
President-Elect Donald Trump at the Elysee Palace on December 7, 2024 in Paris, France. (Oleg Nikishin/Getty Images)

Trump fires Joint Chiefs chairman

Alex Galbraith
Colin Powell (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Capital Concerts)

Colin Powell dies from COVID

Igor Derysh
US President Donald Trump walks with US Attorney General William Barr (L), US Secretary of Defense Mark T. Esper (C), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley (R), and others from the White House to visit St. John's Church after the area was cleared of people protesting the death of George Floyd June 1, 2020, in Washington, DC (Getty Images)

Milley: Wrong to participate in photo-op

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Gen. Norton Schwartz (Getty/Brendan Smialowski)

How to be a successful Chief of Staff

General Norty Schwartz, Suzie Schwartz, Ron Levinson
Donald Trump; Kim Jong-un (Reuters/Lucas Jackson/Getty/KCNA/Salon)

How close is the U.S. to nuclear war?

Charlie May
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William Hartung - TomDispatch.com
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Pete Yost
(Associated Press/Anja Niedringhaus)

Richard Lardner, Donna Cassata
Darrell Issa (Jeff Malet, maletphoto.com)

Philip Elliott