Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, April 8, 2026.

In this Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by the U.S. Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defense destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strait of Hormuz with the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf.

Secretary General Mark Rutte’s visit might actually have been well-timed.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks at the Ronald Reagan Institute on April 9, 2026, in Washington.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth looks toward Joint Chiefs of Staff chair Gen. Dan Caine, as they speak to the media at the Pentagon on April 8, 2026.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks to members of the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Wednesday, April 8, 2026.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks with reporters during a news conference with President Donald Trump and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine at the White House on April 6, 2026.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte gives a press conference about NATO's general annual report in Brussels on March 26, 2026.

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An F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft flies on Sept. 24, 2024.

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Randy George is the latest in a line of more than a dozen top military officials that Pete Hegseth has ousted.

A man walks as the Russian oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin is seen at the oil terminal in the port of Matanzas, northwestern Cuba, on March 31, 2026.

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Smoke rises from the site of a strike in Tehran, Iran on April 1, 2026.

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The Artemis II crewed lunar mission launches at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on April 1, 2026. Artemis II is a 10-day flight with four astronauts on a loop around the Moon, marking the first time humans have traveled beyond low Earth orbit since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.

President Donald Trump meets with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office on October 22, 2025.

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The Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and the Orion spacecraft are seen at Launch Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Feb. 1, 2026.

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US President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2026.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives to attend talks during a G7 Foreign Ministers' meeting outside Paris on March 27, 2026.

While President Donald Trump has spoken frequently about his plans for Iran, some allies are beginning to tune him out.

Americans celebrate the Army's 250th anniversary with a parade on the National Mall in Washington D.C., Saturday, June 14, 2025.

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"That's what I conveyed to them at the end of this hearing, is this has consequences if you don't remedy it," Rep. Mike Rogers told reporters.

Democrats, as part of their push, want Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (right) and Secretary of State Marco Rubio to agree to testify publicly on Iran.

Domestically built Iranian missiles are displayed as part of a permanent exhibition in Tehran, Iran on March 24, 2026.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press briefing at the Pentagon on March 19, 2026.

"It takes money to kill bad guys,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a Pentagon briefing Thursday.

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., right, is joined by Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, for a press briefing on the Iran war powers resolution at the Capitol, Monday, March 9, 2026, in Washington.

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Estonia's Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur looks on at the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Oct. 15, 2025.

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The Pentagon is seen from an airplane on Feb. 2 in Washington.

President Donald Trump has repeatedly asked global allies — and some geopolitical foes, including China — for help securing the Strait of Hormuz.

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