Secretary Hegseth and General Caine Brief the Media at the Pentagon, Jun. 26, 2025

June 26, 2025 · Department of War · 1:12:45

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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 26, 2025, published by the Department of War (uploaded June 26, 2025).

Why it matters

The Hegseth–Caine Pentagon briefings are the department’s on-record operational updates — this June 26 session is the pair’s second joint media briefing in five days, following their June 22 briefing paged separately on this site.

Sources: U.S. Department of War, “LIVE: SECDEF Hegseth, CJCS Gen. Caine Brief the Media” uploaded June 26, 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