10 Pictures of Pete Hegseth From the 'Unflattering' Batch the Pentagon Reportedly Doesn't Want You to See [View all]

These may be the last press photos of U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth that we see for a while.

On March 2, roughly two days after the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran, Secretary of Defense/War Pete Hegseth and Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, held a press briefing to discuss the hostilities. The event reportedly led to a further escalation in the ongoing battle between the Pentagon and its press corps due to allegedly “unflattering” photos of Hegseth.

According to a report from The Washington Post that was published on Wednesday, following the event, press photographers were barred from subsequent briefings on the war. The Post cited “two people familiar with the decision who spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation” who said the ban came down because Hegseth’s staff deemed photos from the March 2 event to be “unflattering.”

Prior to the March 2 briefing, Hegseth, a firebrand former Fox News anchor, had not appeared behind the Pentagon podium since last June. Under Hegseth’s leadership, the Pentagon enacted new restrictions for reporters that limit access on unauthorized information. The new rules led many of the media organizations who have traditionally covered the armed forces to turn in their access badges and abandon workspaces in the building. In their absence, the Pentagon has credentialed a new wave of largely partisan outlets.






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Its not so much that the pix are unflattering. Its more that you're a mean and ugly sonuvabitch.