U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has unveiled a plan to restructure the military’s internal watchdog agencies , a move that has drawn concern from current and former officials. They warn the changes could weaken oversight and allow misconduct in the country’s largest and costliest government branch to go unchecked.

Hegseth signed a memo this week aimed at halting spurious investigations into military fraud and abuse, a move that comes as the Trump administration weakens inspectors general across the federal government.

Hegseth himself is being investigated over his use of the commercial messaging app Signal to discuss Yemen attack plans.

Federal inspectors general offices were created by Congress in 1978 as independent parts of U.S. government agencies to investigate and audit wa

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