Secretary Hegseth and General Caine Brief the Media at the Pentagon, Jun. 22, 2025

June 22, 2025 · Department of War · 0:44:59

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What happened

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Dan Caine held a press briefing at the Pentagon on June 22, 2025, published by the Department of War (uploaded June 22, 2025).

Why it matters

Joint Secretary–Chairman briefings put the department’s operational account on the record in the officials’ own words — this June 22 session opens the pair’s late-June briefing sequence, continued June 26.

Sources: U.S. Department of War, “LIVE: SECDEF Hegseth, CJCS Caine Brief Media” uploaded June 22, 2025 (official upload, embedded above). No transcript is published with the upload; this page records the event as the department published it.

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Pete Hegseth