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US defense secretary person

Named in 2 reports across 2 stories - 12 Aug – 13 Aug
12 Aug 202613 Aug 2026

The web around US defense secretary

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with US defense secretary. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without US defense secretary.

Republican lawmakers and Republican senators share 1 reportInternational Criminal Court and Latin American nations share 1 reportInternational Criminal Court and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportCapitol Hill and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportDemocrats and Pentagon share 1 reportLatin American nations and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportPentagon and Republican senators share 1 reportPentagon and Republican lawmakers share 1 reportDemocrats and Republican lawmakers share 1 reportCapitol Hill and Republican lawmakers share 1 reportPete Hegseth and Republican senators share 1 reportPete Hegseth and Republican lawmakers share 1 reportCapitol Hill and Republican senators share 1 reportDemocrats and Republican senators share 1 reportCapitol Hill and Democrats share 1 reportDemocrats and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportPentagon and Pete Hegseth share 1 reportCapitol Hill and Pentagon share 1 reportUS defense secretaryPete HegsethPete Hegseth - 2 shared reports (person)Capitol HillCapitol Hill - 1 shared report (place)DemocratsDemocrats - 1 shared report (organization)Internation…International Criminal Court - 1 shared report (organization)Latin American na…Latin American nations - 1 shared report (place)PentagonPentagon - 1 shared report (organization)Republican …Republican lawmakers - 1 shared report (organization)Republican …Republican senators - 1 shared report (organization)

The stories

Scoop: Inside Hegseth's classified plea for more defense funds

27 outlets1 report names US defense secretary4 Aug – 8 Sept

Hegseth travels to Panama as US deepens defense cooperation

8 outlets1 report names US defense secretary11 Aug – 14 Aug

People they appear with

Pete Hegseth2

Places in the same coverage

Capitol Hill1Latin American nations1

Organisations in the same coverage

Democrats1International Criminal Court1Pentagon1Republican lawmakers1Republican senators1

Who keeps naming them

Anadolu Agency (AA)1The Guardian World1

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