WashingtonHegseth put the Armed Forces Chaplains Board under a new office.
Critics say the office erodes church-state separation in the US military.
A Pentagon memo gives the director authority to issue religious policy for the secretary and oversee chaplain training, funding and procurement.
The memo says the office will not compel religious participation or favour any faith.
The Pentagon has not named a director, and a funding plan is due within 60 days.
How each outlet framed it
drawn from 300+ reports worldwide · These outlets told this story differently.
- The Independent leans critical
- foregrounds Hegseth's explicit rejection of church-state separation and framing of Iran conflict through spiritual warfare lens
- India Today
- details Hegseth's hosting of Christian worship services for Pentagon employees, stresses Christian nationalist rhetoric
- Punch Newspapers
Sources: The Independent, India Today, Punch Newspapers