Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) on Wednesday said he still has faith in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but he cautioned Hegseth might need some assistance around him after a series of damaging reports centering on his leadership emerged in recent weeks.

Cramer, a Senate Armed Services Committee member, argued Wednesday that while Hegseth has done his part in shaking up the Pentagon, he probably underestimated how difficult doing so would be, given the department’s sheer size.

He said some “institutional expertise” could help out Hegseth after multiple issues cropped up in recent weeks, headlined by his firing of three top staffers, a fourth ex-staffer saying the Pentagon is in “disarray” under his leadership and reports of a second Signal chat he used to share plans for the attack on the Houthis in Yemen with his........

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