The defense secretary’s inner circle is in disarray, and distrust is growing among civil servants and senior military ...

One senior Pentagon official told Politico that Kasper had clashed with the aides who had been fired. “Joe didn’t like those guys,” the official said. “They all have different styles.

The department officials said in March that the building ... Pentagon great again and achieve peace through strength,” the statement read. “We hope in the future to support those efforts in ...