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Navy Chief Steps Down in Latest Pentagon Wartime Departure

Apr 22, 2026Center

Navy Secretary John Phelan is stepping down “effective immediately,” the Defense Department said, the latest high-profile Pentagon departure amid the war in Iran.

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