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Hegseth to chair new Pentagon Homeland Defense Board

A newly created advisory panel gives the Pentagon its first dedicated board for homeland security and defense missions, chaired by Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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What to know

  • The Homeland Defense Board is the Pentagon's first advisory panel dedicated specifically to homeland security and defense missions.
  • Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will chair the up-to-20-member board, which also includes an assistant secretary as vice chair and one civilian and one officer from each military branch.
  • Establishing documents argue existing bodies like DHS's Homeland Security Advisory Council and the State Department's International Security Advisory Board can't legally or substantively fill this advisory gap.
  • The board's creation follows the large-scale deployment of National Guard troops to U.S. cities and ongoing troop deployments to the southern border.

“In an era where peer and near-peer adversaries are actively projecting economic, cyber, and military power into the Western Hemisphere, the HDB will provide critical, independent assessments of the DoW’s hemispheric defensive posture and domestic security preparedness.”

Homeland Defense Board establishing documents, Pentagon establishing documents · Defense News ↗ · Sep 20

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Hegseth to chair new Pentagon Homeland Defense Board
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Sep 22yesterdaynow · 3:47 AM ET
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    “nothing to provide…”
    — unnamed Pentagon official
    1. 3 outlets Pete Hegseth to Chair New Department of Defense Homeland Defense Advisory Board

      first by Military.com, 2d ago · also Defense News, The Hill

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  2. background

    Pentagon establishes Homeland Defense Board via Federal Register notice — The board, to have up to 20 members, is designed to fill what Hegseth's team calls a gap in military-specific advice on homeland security and defense, including domestic troop deployments under Title 10 and Title 32.

  3. background

    Hegseth purges Pentagon advisory committees — Before creating the new board, Hegseth had overseen a purge of the Pentagon's existing advisory committees the prior year.