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President Donald Trump will speak at a rare meeting of top generals called by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for Tuesday, according to the Associated Press.
Hegseth summoned hundreds of generals and admirals with little notice from around the world for the gathering at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, this week, causing alarm in the ranks.
It is not unusual for top military leaders to hold meetings, but experts have described the hastily-called gathering of all generals from around the world as almost unprecedented. Trump's attendance makes the event even more out of the ordinary.
https://time.com/7321305/trump-meeting-generals-hegseth/
I think I see where this is going.

Irish_Dem
(75,383 posts)Initech
(106,415 posts)Our military is not a fucking prop for Fox News and our government is not their toy.
Irish_Dem
(75,383 posts)Initech
(106,415 posts)
hlthe2b
(111,490 posts)I've got news for them. If it were specific to national security, sure, but if it is self-serving or expands Posse Comitatus or similar illegal orders to come, no way. It will leak.
dweller
(27,201 posts)The Pentagon on Friday said reporters who cover the agency could access the building only if they agreed not to publish certain information, an unprecedented move that demands media outlets hand the department vast control over what they publish.
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The move follows a pattern of increasingly restricted access to the countrys largest federal agency under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who has a tense relationship with much of the press. The new rules give the Pentagon wide latitude to label journalists as security threats and revoke passes for those who obtain or publish information the agency says is unfit for public release.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/19/pentagon-limits-access-journalists-00574227
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hlthe2b
(111,490 posts)If the press were allowed to hear everything (as they should) that goes on in this unprecedented meeting, then there would be no reason to leak, right? These generals and others are from all over the world. That lends an unbelievably near infinite means for a leak to get out there.
TommyT139
(1,946 posts)MrWowWow
(1,377 posts)Jilly_in_VA
(13,110 posts)How dare Pistol Pete Kegsbreath steal his thunder?
TheBlackAdder
(29,710 posts)Arazi
(8,393 posts)Mossfern
(4,378 posts)while taking the oath?
After all Trump refused to put his hand on the Bible while taking the Oath of Office.
Ping Tung
(3,724 posts)Or, Strawberry Point, Iowa to find the strawberries.
Note: There really is a town in Iowa named Strawberry Point.
superpatriotman
(6,755 posts)Tears in their eyes
WiVoter
(1,479 posts)Fuck em