Global Politics Report Editorial
Hegseth to chair Pentagon’s new homeland defense panel
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will now oversee a new Pentagon advisory committee focused on homeland security and defense, the first such department panel to do so. The Homeland Defense Board (HDB), announced in the Federal Register on Sept. 11 and first reported by Defense News, is meant to fill what the Pentagon sees as a…
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Source: The Hill
Politics desk: Congress
Published: Sep. 21, 2026 at 06:25 PM ET
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Original source: The Hill