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Pentagon holds crisis meeting on weapons shortfall after angry Trump call, sources say

EXCLUSIVEFORSUBSCRIBERSNational SecurityPentagon holds crisis meeting on weapons shortfall after angry Trump call, sources say The president asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about a shortfall in munitions at a recent Camp David meeting, and sources say Hegseth pointed to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg. The White House said, “This is 100% fake news.”Listen to this article00:0000:00Defense…

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Pentagon holds crisis meeting on weapons shortfall after angry Trump call, sources say

The president asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth about a shortfall in munitions at a recent Camp David meeting, and sources say Hegseth pointed to Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg. The White House said, “This is 100% fake news.”

Pete Hegseth; Steve Feinberg.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth; Deputy Defense Secretary Stephen Feinberg.Getty Images; Department of Defense

WASHINGTON — The Defense Department’s second in command hastily gathered top military and defense acquisition officials for a meeting Friday night to discuss ways to quickly address a shortfall of U.S. weaponry — after he got an angry phone call from President Donald Trump, according to four people with knowledge of the meeting.

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