{
  "id": 4668917,
  "title": "Pentagon plays down report of Hegseth regularly overruling military advice",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/pentagon-plays-down-report-of-hegseth-regularly-overruling-military",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T16:02:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/31/pentagon-report-pete-hegseth"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Response seeks to discredit Washington Post story that four generals and admirals advised against prolonging Iran war Pete Hegseth regularly receives formal objections from senior commanders and proceeds anyway, the Pentagon’s top spokesman has said, as he tried to discredit a Washington Post report that four generals and admirals had advised against prolonging the war in Iran. “Of course, we…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}