Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine will testify before the House Armed Services Committee on President Trump's defense budget request for fiscal 2027. Hegseth has argued the $1.5 trillion price tag, a roughly 40 percent increase from 2026 levels, would send a “message to the world” in its reestablishment of the U.S.’s military might. The duo will also likely face questions around the conflict in Iran, which has now surpassed 60 days. It marks Hegseth's first high-profile hearing on Capitol Hill since the war began and will provide lawmakers a chance to grill him on the controversial ousting of ex-Army chief of staff Randy George and the resignation of former Navy Secretary John Phelan. The…
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State of the Union: His firing comes amid a U.S. naval blockade. The post John Phelan Out as Navy Secretary appeared first on The American Conservative .
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was fired on Wednesday. The move comes in the middle of a U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Defense Department spokesperson Sean Parnell announced the dismissal in a brief statement on X, offering no explanation. “Secretary of the Navy John C Phelan is departing the administration, effective immediately,” Parnell wrote. Phelan reportedly had clashed with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who has sought to shake up the Pentagon. Hung Cao, the under-secretary of the Navy, will temporarily succeed Phelan on an acting basis. The post John Phelan Out as Navy Secretary appeared first on The American Conservative .Open
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John Phelan is leaving the Pentagon after months of tension with Pete Hegseth and other Pentagon leaders. The tumult comes as the Navy has been engaged in war with Iran.
President Trump on Friday afternoon will present the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Navy Midshipmen football team at a White House ceremony. The award is presented annually to the team that wins the college football series among the Army, Navy and Air Force academies. Last December, the U.S. Navy secured their second-straight victory on Dec. 13, 2025, with a 17-16 win over the Army. Trump attended the championship game last year alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, Navy Secretary John Phelan and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine. The ceremony comes as the U.S. military continues its operation in Iran alongside Israel.
