White House Blocks Hegseth’s Choice to Top Staffer

WH Balks on Hegseth Top Aide Amid Criticisms

The White House is blocking the permanent appointment of Ricky Buria as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s chief of staff because of his criticisms of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. Buria is a Biden administration holdover who retired as a colonel in the Marine Corps to become a senior adviser to Hegseth. He became Hegseth’s de facto chief of staff after Joe Kasper stepped down last month and was reassigned to another position…

‘Unusual’: White House blocks Pete Hegseth’s ‘widely disliked’ pick for top Pentagon role

The White House will override Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s choice for chief of staff and install its own candidate – a move aimed at insulating the Pentagon chief from further missteps amid mounting internal chaos, according to a new report in the Guardian.Hegseth had floated Marine Col. Ricky Buria for the role following the abrupt exit of Joe Krasper, the office’s first chief of staff, who left last month after a contentious leak investiga…

White House Blocks Biden Holdover at Pentagon After National Pulse Exposé.

PULSE POINTS:What Happened: Joe Biden holdover Ricky Buria has been blocked from becoming Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s permanent chief of staff by the White House, after The National Pulse exposed his past attacks on President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance. Who’s Involved: Ricky Buria, Pete Hegseth, Vice President J.D. Vance, President Trump, and Jennifer Hegseth. Key Quote: “There is an ideological component to this,” said a…

White House Blocks Hegseth’s Choice to Top Staffer

“Exasperated by the turmoil that has dogged Pete Hegseth’s office in recent weeks, the White House will block the US defense secretary’s choice of chief of staff and select a candidate of its own,” The Guardian reports. “Hegseth had suggested giving the chief of staff position to Marine Col Ricky Buria after the first person in the role, Joe Kasper, left last month in the wake of a contentious leak investigation that brought the ouster of three …

Exclusive | White House rejects Hegseth chief of staff pick who trashed Trump and Vance as ‘crazy,’ ‘dumb’

The drama surrounding Pete Hegseth's Pentagon has a new lead player: a top aide known to his detractors as "Rasputin Ricky."

Hegseth's Chief of Staff Pick Blocked For Ripping Vance: Rpt

Pete Hegseth’s staffing chaos apparently will not be ending anytime soon as a new report says that the White House his blocking his pick for a new chief of staff