Pentagon withdraws senior military leaders from national security forum

The Department of Defense has withdrawn the scheduled appearances of about a dozen military leaders expected to speak this week at the Aspen Security Forum.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth confirmed the decision not to have senior military leaders attend the forum on Monday. Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson told Just The News the decision was made because the department “has no interest in legitimizing an organization that has invited former officials who have been the architects of chaos abroad and failure at home.”