Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice

Response seeks to discredit Washington Post story that four generals and admirals advised against prolonging Iran war

Pete Hegseth regularly receives formal objections from senior commanders and proceeds anyway, the Pentagon's top spokesman has said, as he tried to discredit a Washington Post report that four generals and admirals had advised against prolonging the war in Iran.

Of course, we demand candid military advice," Sean Parnell wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Non-concurs are standard. The Secretary sees them constantly. That's how you run a real military."