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PufPuf23

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Wed Apr 22, 2026, 06:04 PM Wednesday

US Navy Secretary John Phelan leaving Trump administration: Pentagon [View all]

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Source: CNBC via MSN

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is leaving the Trump administration "effective immediately," a spokesman for the Department of Defense said.

Hung Cao, the Under Secretary of the Navy, will lead the military branch in an acting capacity, the spokesman said.

There was no immediate explanation for Phelan's sudden departure, which comes as the U.S. Navy enforces a high-stakes blockade of Iranian ports near the Strait of Hormuz.

Secretary of the Navy John Phelan is leaving the Trump administration "effective immediately," a spokesman for the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-navy-secretary-john-phelan-leaving-trump-administration-pentagon/ar-AA21vldo



Must be some internal disagreement about how to use the US Navy in the Iran War.

Our leadership under Trump is ridiculous and dangerous.
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