{"id":56808,"date":"2026-05-02T19:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/02\/hegseth-tightens-control-at-pentagon-defiant-and-more-confident-than-ever-the-washington-post\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T19:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T19:04:04","slug":"hegseth-tightens-control-at-pentagon-defiant-and-more-confident-than-ever-the-washington-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/02\/hegseth-tightens-control-at-pentagon-defiant-and-more-confident-than-ever-the-washington-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth tightens control at Pentagon, defiant and more confident than ever &#8211; The Washington Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxQS2lUSm83SlhFMFBybUtBemhIa25kQU1CLThoMWJPR2NzcktMXzZkMHh0TjlOTmd1UkVoeWxJdGhBUmlKU0NtY0d0ZWhmdXZOUlJ2cElGNDcwV01tbmR5MDFhUkQwdzg1SDI5dk5MMjNOOWJEeFpyZE05dkYwZ0owa0QxbDZxX2xydVFFTUVKT1U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth tightens control at Pentagon, defiant and more confident than ever<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMisgFBVV95cUxQbmtxY3lRWkkyNEtWZGp6Vk4zcDRBaEg2b3ZmbnllaUdranFyWGotZlJkYnU0LWVDeGR2VE9hNnp2OWZzTnB0Q1g1b2JvUVNqbXpFd2RmY3BlYkkzeFBybk9uSHlUTmU2Y0N0SGlSUG9wOVBJcXFiVTNQSUJoMnBTUnNfUGlYeDVWQVlFZUlJcUcxVUdheFY2ZVRBQjl3ZVdCVVhQYlZjTmE4ZmVQZDFMQXZB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republican lawmakers increasingly concerned over Hegseth\u2019s ideological military<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Salon.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimwFBVV95cUxObktlUnRGRDNrYjlDUHJtbDg1cUNlWDhfaEFRREZYNHF1VjFzOVVLYmk1RnNEdEFVQW1mTjFaTTh0ZTN1RXhuQkZ3ZDB2UF9QU2lWM0xubXZRRVA5Mk1ROUtSQ25rTV9Ub3RVN2QwSTQ0MTdJem1VNGNDVl9xN3BESTE3dHhkYjg4S0ZPU0lDS2pLdmdiRDJZWHJPUdIBoAFBVV95cUxONlFoWGtmLUQtdkI0R3FuX3pTdEdhaVBkc2JUSm5xa1NoMUVXZ1diQUtxRzliWWc5bEdVeFM2M2NFSF9aZWhDOEhoUU9iWG4xcC1SUnFiNk5lQ2gxY3FUMVBTTnpNVTlyU2Jqc25YTFZJQzJXMWY0NlJyRHZaSjNseF84YXBSaWpoS1FveXJzVkM4elBGd3hwZWt0cVE4OGMz?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth clashes with Democrats over Iran war, Pentagon firings<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxPVEVEbFBMWUdobGFLYy1VYUhROC1lY0EzWFRtN0VzOEpHWDlzbm9jT0hENmZYZGZkT01zaTVWM2JkUl9SamxrY2J0ajltMUxHTHR2SEQ5MV9KUkw2YUpzaU14aWVJY0NNa21WVzhqSUdzbi10SllxWUNGRkhaYmZ2RG5KRUFTVmtJdU9iaWR6aDRxR3BlZWNZODk0QWdCdlE3UE4xcTlHZ2hvNURyTXkzMU5XVGMzRDctdE9LM21obw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Hegseth cites falsehood to defend his firing of senior officers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Seattle Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihwFBVV95cUxQMnVFM0toQ0RCaTlPRW02czJad1BQYm5lTWl4VzVDamNEajVGMjV1bElaTFZETk1kVTBqaFlaNnNuRXNaM2pZQ192LURReUNPc3A5emZWcGVBai1GZnFyR0pFOXdIaU9USWN3bm5vRndDaFZkX1JkYkRGRU1qMk10TTRsU0llcUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon Pete in Peril as Republicans Turn on Him<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Daily Beast<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hegseth tightens control at Pentagon, defiant and more confident than ever&nbsp;&nbsp;The Washington Post Republican lawmakers increasingly concerned over Hegseth\u2019s ideological military&nbsp;&nbsp;Salon.com Hegseth clashes with Democrats&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/05\/02\/hegseth-tightens-control-at-pentagon-defiant-and-more-confident-than-ever-the-washington-post\/\" 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-56808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56808","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=56808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}