Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, facing criticism of his stewardship at the Pentagon and beset by staff turnover, added a member of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to his circle of close advisers.

Defense Department officials announced Friday new senior advisers to Secretary Pete Hegseth to fill the void left by the turnover in his staff over the last couple of weeks. Sean Parnell, who has served as the assistant to the defense secretary for public affairs,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's chief of staff, Joe Kasper, stepped down Thursday. With his departure and the firing of three top Hegseth aides over leak accusations they deny, Hegseth's "circle of top advisers" has "shrunk in recent days to little more than his wife,