Pentagon's new senior policy leadership shake-up rattles Congress

By Tony Bertuca, Theresa Maher / November 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
A new Defense Department reorganization of senior policy leaders and their oversight areas is drawing bipartisan rebukes from senior senators, who say Congress has not been informed of major shifts in officials' responsibilities, including the AUKUS security pact between the U.S., U.K. and Australia. An organizational chart obtained by Inside Defense illustrates the major re-shuffle of officials reporting to the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby. The revised organizational chart uses the Trump administration’s “Department of War”...

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