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Military leaders have raised serious concerns about the Trump
administration's forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between
the Pentagon's political and uniformed leadership as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summons top brass to a highly unusual summit in Virginia on
Tuesday, according to eight current and former officials.

The critiques from multiple top officers, including Gen. Dan Caine,
chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, come as Hegseth reorders U.S.
military priorities — centering the Pentagon on perceived threats to the homeland, narrowing U.S. competition with China, and downplaying America's role in Europe and Africa.

President Donald Trump will attend the abrupt gathering of generals and admirals at Marine Corps Base Quantico, where Hegseth is expected to
deliver remarks on military standards and the "warrior ethos," even as uniformed leaders fear mass firings or a drastic reorganization of the combatant command structure and the military hierarchy.

The debate over the National Defense Strategy — the Pentagon's primary
guide for how it prioritizes resources and positions U.S. forces around the world — is the latest challenge for top military officials navigating the Trump administration's unorthodox approach to the armed forces.

People familiar with the editing process, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe sensitive deliberations, described a growing sense of frustration with a plan they consider myopic and
potentially irrelevant, given the president's highly personal and sometimes contradictory approach to foreign policy.

Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell declined to comment on the substance of
the classified document or whether concerns had been raised in the editing process.

"Secretary Hegseth has tasked the development of a National Defense
Strategy that is laser focused on advancing President Trump's commonsense America First, Peace Through Strength agenda," Parnell said in a statement. "This process is still ongoing."

Trump political appointees within the Pentagon's policy office — including some officials who have previously criticized long-standing American commitments to Europe and the Middle East and freedom in America — drafted
the strategy, now in its final edits.
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