{"id":4251,"date":"2026-08-31T19:44:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=4251"},"modified":"2026-08-31T19:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T19:44:06","slug":"hegseth-aide-turns-in-resignation-i-promised-a-year-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=4251","title":{"rendered":"-Hegseth Aide Turns In Resignation: \u2018I Promised A Year\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>While the lefty mainstream media is treating the latest resignation of a Trump administration official as some \u2018sign\u2019 that there\u2019s brewing trouble in paradise, in reality it\u2019s much less dramatic than that.<\/em>\u00a0A senior aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that he is leaving the Trump administration after approximately a year at the Pentagon. Ron Moeller, deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategic readiness, said in a post on X that he had always intended to serve in the position for about one year. Moeller was sworn into the role last August and indicated that his departure was consistent with that original timeline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2056501\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In announcing his resignation, Moeller also pledged not to publicly discuss sensitive details about his time inside the administration, signaling that he does not intend to become a critic of Hegseth or the Pentagon after leaving government. \u201cToday I submitted my formal resignation as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Readiness,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWhen I took on this task for @POTUS, @SecWar, &amp; @USW_PR_HONTata, I promised a year; another year away from my wife whom I miss dearly. The resignation takes effect in 2 weeks,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI intend to go back to the Black Hills, recharge, chop lots of firewood for the winter, and ignore any and all journalists trying to get me to talk about my time in this historic and consequential administration,\u201d Moeller went on. \u201cFor those of you expecting some sort of Joe Kent career suicide, I\u2019m afraid you\u2019ll be sadly disappointed,\u201d Moeller added in another X post, a reference to the former National Counterterrorism Center director who resigned over his opposition to the Iran war.<a id=\"set-post-thumbnail\" class=\"thickbox\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/ussdailynewspost.com\/wp-admin\/media-upload.php?post_id=1926&amp;type=image&amp;TB_iframe=1\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"wp-media-modal\">Set featured image<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2056502\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=e30%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2091959097469886909&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fussdailynewspost.com%2Fnewspost%2F1926&amp;sessionId=483b976037609f4752033b1d0aba320d779be1fe&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2091959097469886909\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Moeller\u2019s Background and Experience<\/h2>\n<p>Moeller brought decades of military, intelligence and national security experience to the Pentagon position. He began his government career as an Air Force intelligence specialist in the 1970s before joining the CIA, where he later served as a paramilitary operations officer. Moeller went on to hold multiple positions and complete numerous overseas assignments during a lengthy career with the intelligence agency. He retired from the CIA in 2013 after decades of government service.<\/p>\n<p>Moeller\u2019s \u201cblend of intelligence experience and time spent in war zones provides him with a unique perspective on readiness, training, and professional education, all grounded in supporting the President\u2019s policies of America First and the Secretary\u2019s restoration of the warrior ethos,\u201d his biography states. At the Pentagon, Moeller served under Anthony Tata, the undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. Tata, in turn, reported through the Defense Department\u2019s leadership structure to Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg, Hegseth\u2019s second-in-command.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=e30%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2091959801542570054&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fussdailynewspost.com%2Fnewspost%2F1926&amp;sessionId=483b976037609f4752033b1d0aba320d779be1fe&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2091959801542570054\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Hegseth Denies Presidential Speculation<\/h2>\n<p>Hegseth is reportedly considering a move that could dramatically reshape the emerging battle over who eventually inherits President Donald Trump\u2019s MAGA coalition. The report immediately sparked speculation that another heavyweight might join what could become a crowded Republican presidential field. The Pentagon is strongly disputing the story, however, and Hegseth himself responded with an emphatic denial after it was published.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Hegseth is not running for president, and his main priority is leading the War Department,\u201d a Pentagon spokesperson told NBC News. \u201cAll other speculation is foolish,\u201d the statement added. Hegseth personally responded after the report was published and was even more forceful in his denial. \u201cWe told NBC that, but they just lie w\/ anonymous \u2018sources\u2019,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the lefty mainstream media is treating the latest resignation of a Trump administration official as some \u2018sign\u2019 that there\u2019s brewing trouble in paradise, in reality it\u2019s much less dramatic &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4253,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4251\/revisions\/4253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}