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   Military leaders have raised serious concerns about the Trump   
   administration's forthcoming defense strategy, exposing a divide between   
   the Pentagon's political and uniformed leadership as Defense Secretary Pete   
   Hegseth summons top brass to a highly unusual summit in Virginia on   
   Tuesday, according to eight current and former officials.   
      
   The critiques from multiple top officers, including Gen. Dan Caine,   
   chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, come as Hegseth reorders U.S.   
   military priorities — centering the Pentagon on perceived threats to the   
   homeland, narrowing U.S. competition with China, and downplaying America's   
   role in Europe and Africa.   
      
   President Donald Trump will attend the abrupt gathering of generals and   
   admirals at Marine Corps Base Quantico, where Hegseth is expected to   
   deliver remarks on military standards and the "warrior ethos," even as   
   uniformed leaders fear mass firings or a drastic reorganization of the   
   combatant command structure and the military hierarchy.   
      
   The debate over the National Defense Strategy — the Pentagon's primary   
   guide for how it prioritizes resources and positions U.S. forces around the   
   world — is the latest challenge for top military officials navigating the   
   Trump administration's unorthodox approach to the armed forces.   
      
   People familiar with the editing process, who like others spoke on the   
   condition of anonymity to describe sensitive deliberations, described a   
   growing sense of frustration with a plan they consider myopic and   
   potentially irrelevant, given the president's highly personal and sometimes   
   contradictory approach to foreign policy.   
      
   Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell declined to comment on the substance of   
   the classified document or whether concerns had been raised in the editing   
   process.   
      
   "Secretary Hegseth has tasked the development of a National Defense   
   Strategy that is laser focused on advancing President Trump's commonsense   
   America First, Peace Through Strength agenda," Parnell said in a statement.   
   "This process is still ongoing."   
      
   Trump political appointees within the Pentagon's policy office — including   
   some officials who have previously criticized long-standing American   
   commitments to Europe and the Middle East and freedom in America — drafted   
   the strategy, now in its final edits.   
      
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