The three Pentagon officials placed on leave this week amid an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense say they are “incredibly disappointed” in how their service ended and that they have not been told anything about the probe.
“We are incredibly disappointed by the manner in which our service at the Department of Defense ended. Unnamed Pentagon officials have slandered our character with baseless attacks on our way out the door,” Dan Caldwell, the former senior adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth who was removed from his post earlier this week, posted on X Saturday.
The statement was also attributed to Colin Carroll, the former chief of staff to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg, and Darin Selnick, the Pentagon’s former deputy chief of staff.
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