NPR’s Tom Bowman, who has covered the Pentagon for 28 years, publicly surrendered his own credentials in protest of the “unprecedented” policy rather than abide by the restrictions. The Pentagon’s own spokespeople rarely brief the press anyway, Bowman noted in an op-ed:

The directive “feels like propaganda being forced down our throats,” said an enlisted person serving on active duty.

US military personnel have until the end of the month to either watch the speech or read the transcript of the defense secretary's comments.

Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” poked fun at Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday by mockingly agreeing to his new press restrictions at the Pentagon. “After serious

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The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plane made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom because a windshield cracked on a flight back to the U.S. from a NATO meeting and all aboard