IG Finds Civilian-Protection Efforts Eviscerated Under Hegseth at Pentagon

TL;DR
A Pentagon Inspector General report says funding and staffing cuts to civilian harm mitigation under War Secretary Pete Hegseth crippled the DoD’s ability to implement the 2022 CHMR-AP by FY2025, with 11 objectives and 133 implementing actions incomplete and the data-management platform discontinued, raising civilian-protection and readiness risks and drawing charges that the review whitewashes the program’s dismantling.
Topics:worlddefense#center-of-excellence#chmr-ap#civilian-harm#defense#pentagon-inspector-general#pete-hegseth
- Internal Pentagon Report Reveals Hegseth Is Willfully Putting Civilians in Danger The Intercept
- Pentagon quietly shut legally required program to prevent civilian deaths by military, watchdog finds The Guardian
- Congress clashes with Pentagon over civilian harm reduction program Army Times
- Inspector General’s Report Finds Pentagon Is Violating U.S. Law by Failing to Prevent Civilian Harm Amnesty International USA
- Watchdog Reports Pentagon Dismantled Civilian Harm Prevention Program AsatuNews.co.id
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