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Pentagon Investigates 300 Employees Over Kirk Death Comments
10/9/2025
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- Investigations target nearly 300 Defense Department employees over comments about Charlie Kirk's death on September 10.
- Twenty-six individuals were officially reprimanded for mocking Kirk's fatal shooting.
- Pete Hegseth, described as the Pentagon's Secretary of War, faces leadership turmoil and major departures.
- Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell says mocking Kirk's death violates military oaths and service standards; critics call politicization.
