The Pentagon listed Kasper as a particular authorities worker simply days after saying three different senior protection officers have been positioned on go away.
In an ongoing Pentagon management shake-up, Joe Kasper will now not function Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth’s chief of workers.
A senior protection official confirmed with The Epoch Occasions that Kasper will proceed as a particular authorities worker and help the Division of Protection in unspecified particular tasks.
“Secretary Hegseth is grateful for his continued management and work to advance the America First agenda,” the official mentioned.
The Epoch Occasions sought remark from Kasper about his change in employment standing and his new obligations, however he didn’t reply by publication time.
Kasper’s job change comes simply days after three Pentagon officers—Dan Caldwell, Colin Carroll, and Darin Selnick—have been positioned on administrative go away. These personnel selections got here simply weeks after the Pentagon introduced an investigation into unauthorized data leaks throughout the division. The Pentagon has but to immediately affirm the explanation for putting these three officers on go away.
Caldwell and Carroll are each Marine Corps veterans, and Selnick is a retired Air Pressure officer.
Caldwell final labored for nationwide safety assume tank Protection Priorities and beforehand labored with Hegseth at Involved Veterans for America. Caldwell got here to work on the Pentagon earlier this yr as an adviser to Hegseth.
Carroll served because the chief of workers to Deputy Protection Secretary Stephen Feinberg.
“Presently, we nonetheless haven’t been informed what precisely we have been investigated for, if there may be nonetheless an energetic investigation, or if there was even an actual investigation of ‘leaks’ to start with,” the publish reads. “Whereas this expertise has been unconscionable, we stay supportive of the Trump-Vance Administration’s mission to make the Pentagon nice once more and obtain peace by power.”
Caldwell, in an interview with Tucker Carlson this week, denied participating in any leaks throughout his time on the Pentagon.
This week, The New York Occasions first reported that Hegseth might have been concerned in a second Sign chat dialogue in regards to the Yemen strikes. Citing nameless sources, the NY Occasions reported that the second group textual content allegedly concerned his spouse and his brother.
Hegseth spoke out on April 21, as studies of the second Sign chat emerged.
“What an enormous shock that a couple of leakers get fired and abruptly a bunch of hit items come out from the identical media that peddled the Russia hoax,” he informed reporters.