Republicans apprehensive about Hegseth's concentration of power at the Pentagon

The succession of dismissals at the Pentagon is generating concern among Republican legislators, who express apprehension about the concentration of power in the Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth. The situation culminated this week with the departure of the U.S. Army Secretary, Dan Driscoll, who joined a series of other dismissals in the U.S. defense structure. This sequence of departures of top military officials has been accumulating, fueling the fears of members of the Republican Party in Congress. The growing centralization of authority in Hegseth's hands raises questions about the balance of power and the oversight capacity within the Department of Defense.