In light of suspected challenges to authority, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is leading a study by the Pentagon that might result in retired General Mark Milley losing his security clearance and personal security detail.

The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General is reviewing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order to look into retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and determine whether he should be demoted.

New U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in one of his first acts in the job since being appointed by President Donald Trump, has revoked the personal security detail and security clearance for Mark Milley,