The Pentagon press corps has left the building, with the vast majority of the reporters turning in their credentials rather than agree to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's policy cracking down on the solicitation or publication of information not authorized by the government for public release.

The reporters, including those at NBC News , will continue to cover the Defense Department from outside its iconic Northern Virginia headquarters.

Hegseth framed the policy as an attempt to stop leaks of classified information.

"[I]f they sign on to the credentialing, they're not going to try to get soldiers to break the law," he said at the White House earlier this week.

Trump also framed it as a policy that would ultimately protect service members.

"I think it sort of bothers me to have s

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