Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday fired the Chief of Staff John Harrison of the Navy, causing a shock to the inner formula Reunion of internal protocol To fit the vision of the defense agenda of the Trump administration.
Harrison’s expulsion comes after the confirmation of the Navy Undercrapping Hung Cao, which was appointed by President Trump to work as the second most senior citizen under Naval Secretary John Falal.
Harrison and Fale supported Hegseth in their ventures to introduce new military policies, canceled several external contract agreements and intended to help the CAO to the CAO after their confirmation earlier this week.
“John Harrison will no longer work as heads of employees for the Navy Secretary. We are grateful to his service to the department,” the Defense Department (DOD) officer said in a statement to the hill.
Politico First Informed The expulsion of Harrison. Prior to his role as the Chief of Staff, Harrison was appointed by Trump to the United States Arctic Research Commission in 2020.
While living there, he served as the chairman of the Commission until the spring of 2021.
The Arctic region was flagged into another Trump administration as a point for the officials of the White House, as the President flew the capacity Greenland’s American acquisition And vice president Vance Viewed Danish region in March to highlight its important natural resources.
Swipes in Greenland were eventually done to restore the capacity of oil and gas drilling on 13 million acres of government -owned Arctic land. Was banned earlier From Biden Administration.
A federal judge released Friday rule In an order celebrated by major oil and gas groups, the biden administration went far away by stopping new drilling from a large part of the US Coast.
Philip Timotiza Contributed to this article.
