{
  "id": 5337418,
  "title": "Former Air Force secretary: Hegeseth's Pentagon 'dysfunctional'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/former-air-force-secretary-hegeseths-pentagon-dysfunctional",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T12:57:27.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hill",
    "slug": "the-hill",
    "url": "https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6068287-former-air-force-secretary-hegeseths-pentagon-dysfunctional/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Former Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall III on Wednesday called the Defense Department under Secretary Pete Hegseth \"dysfunctional.\" CNN's Kaitlan Collins asked Kendall, who served under the Biden and Obama administrations, for his assessment of Hegseth's handling of the military and the Pentagon. The former secretary accused the Pentagon chief of doing \"active...",
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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."
}