The Defense secretary's absence marks the first time in the Ukraine Defense Contact Group’s history that a Pentagon chief misses the monthly meeting.

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In a first for the US, the Pentagon chief will not attend a meeting of the group orchestrating military support to Ukraine, a Washington official told Euronews. US Secretary of Defence Pete ...

According to Politico, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker will join the meeting ... on terms that establish an enduring peace,” she added. As the AP notes, Hegseth’s absence from the meeting is ...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would only arrive in Brussels after it's over. He will participate in a meeting of NATO defense ministers on Thursday. His absence is the latest in a series of ...

Who and what to know Hegseth’s office cited scheduling concerns as the reason for his absence from the meeting, though the defense secretary will be in Brussels on Thursday for a different NATO ...