Hegseth seeks to elevate top SOF civilian to service-secretary equivalent

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is seeking to give a senior civilian official in the special operations forces community authority comparable to a service secretary. Congress would have to approve the change, while Hegseth is also directing internal steps to strengthen the community’s influence within the department.

Congress will need to approve the change, but there are internal, bureaucratic steps Hegseth is directing that should increase the SOF community’s power inside the department.