Defense Secretary Hegseth puts new limits on press access at the Pentagon

The U.S. Defense Department is implementing new restrictions on journalists covering the Pentagon. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the changes in a memo Friday. The new policies vastly limit access for credentialed media while inside the Pentagon complex in Arlington, Va.

The restrictions ban reporters and other media from many areas of the Pentagon unless they're accompanied by an approved government escort. The restricted areas include the offices of Hegseth, his top aides, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Members of the press covering the U.S. military have historically had access to these newly restricted areas through past Republican and Democratic presidential administrations.

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