Generals and admirals scrambling to make plans to attend Hegseth's unusual meeting

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his senior staff had been discussing for months the unusual meeting they have planned for next week that hundreds of senior officers will be required to attend, officials familiar with the planning said. But the plans and timing were only finalized in recent days, leaving top generals and admirals scrambling to find aircraft and make other last-minute plans to attend. The meeting is considered highly unusual for its size and timing, and for the fact that Hegseth has ordered his entire senior officer corps to Washington on short notice and without telling them the meeting’s purpose, and it has raised alarms within the military and on Capitol Hill as a result.