An aide to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has left his role, the latest official to leave the secretary’s inner circle since he assumed the job in January. While the aide, Justin Fulcher, said he only intended to serve in the government for six months and Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell “wish[es] him well in

Justin Fulcher, an adviser to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, said in a statement that he had planned to work in the federal government for only six months.