{"id":48400,"date":"2026-04-22T22:07:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/22\/john-phelan-out-as-us-navy-secretary-replaced-by-cao-axios\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:07:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:07:18","slug":"john-phelan-out-as-us-navy-secretary-replaced-by-cao-axios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/22\/john-phelan-out-as-us-navy-secretary-replaced-by-cao-axios\/","title":{"rendered":"John Phelan out as US Navy secretary, replaced by Cao &#8211; Axios"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE1NLWk0czIwQUFLTXA0ZTB5eDB2XzlrbERsb19CRjFGYWFYeUxOMzhUcVU0eHdPLTFQbXk2NzFhMlZoTllPd2Rhdmw0X1ZmeWlMdmlRVy1uUWdBZG4wUkVnSkFwQW9oQWhKUW9KYlpIN3pnUF8wYWdV?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">John Phelan out as US Navy secretary, replaced by Cao<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Axios<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE1GemZLS1VVWGI4RXhDX0JkQW1ybHdJa0ZIaS1MZGVRbjZ5UjA0eW84MFhpVmVOTE1taHB3WldNOEhmQW5vMml1SmxrV3R3MVNzRkEzbjAweTRmOUkzV01QZUlpYkRLNHVuSEg5TV9ZUXlMVVh5YXJpNmczaGpkZE0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Navy Secretary abruptly leaves job as US naval blockade of Iran continues<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxPek5oNHgzM2F3RkpGWFdNMjh2R1FITVl5Smh3UmpKaE1CajJva2pMcDRoblRGeXpHNzdqUjc5MHFFOGljeEhHSk1OQjNmTDZUY0syTkozYnpIZV9pVmxMSkpHY0VMT2NkYnZDU1dXUk9yalVPMHBqRldmVFR1cGh2dGFaVUlLOTdkTEZfNkYtd2VPRzZiWjhLYTRERXFjQUZ6OVo5d2JKeVXSAa4BQVVfeXFMUDM2b1dwY3pLVkktR3huTVMyb0dEZEVvR0x0cW5oblpuMVA3M3ROUGxxR0JSUnBQdzNNZTRPWS1IQV9kMF9mMHFZVjdrQXBWWXJCRGR6STYzUk51OWVaZDEwWVUzSmxuM3ctQ0JXTW9ueHJQeDMyQ1Y1NEhjZXlUWmFrRmJkSzVxZGZ6WVRzYjl5Z05oN0pnT1J6SGxsZldYaXdJNUs5SjhSWExxQzJR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Navy secretary departs immediately as undersecretary takes over in acting role<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Fox News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQY1dJUkJxeF9xUm1RdzhPRjdwTk02dkV4MXFlcnA0ZjN3eXIyNTBEb1htMUhwbHdLOW90c3QxQmkyX3ZBVDBOb1hJY2hnMWx3djVMSVk4amRPbjRTV3RSYV9kQ3YtVTZad1lDb00xSEh4WWZnNFBiUFI1bTkxakw2Rnh5N05WVzNIX0xfNlktX2paN05ROXV1RERDalA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">US Navy Secretary Phelan fired by Pentagon, source says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Reuters<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxORUZUSnZGTlItZ0JmRm03eDVGTFEzXzhRM3E3UmZoUTI1eVkxR3lqVjhIZGlpRXBzb3VtRC1wb2FZLUFmalNheGM4bFdRUEVtdDQzbGc0c1FjLXplRlFERHNzblBxQTVrcDRzTnRsbTZGMDFJTDZnSHo2VEU3MnBPUWI3dUdIQmVvc3FWRlM3YnZFakxuaXA1Yl9FRUQzZXlQZjlqMnRueG1aOTQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Navy Secretary John Phelan exits administration during Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NBC News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Phelan out as US Navy secretary, replaced by Cao&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios Navy Secretary abruptly leaves job as US naval blockade of Iran continues&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN Navy secretary departs&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/22\/john-phelan-out-as-us-navy-secretary-replaced-by-cao-axios\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}