The sacking of key officials and departure of others has left US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth without key advisors in the Pentagon. At a time when a culture of leaks appears to have developed the department, The Times' former Pentagon correspondent, Michael Evans, digs into whether Hegseth is the real problem and whether the damage being done is likely being met with glee in the Kremlin and Beijing.

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