Defense Secretary's staff objected to images published by AP, Reuters and Getty Images after a briefing on U.S. and Israel military strikes on Iran that began Feb. 28

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is banning press photographers from department briefings on the U.S. war on Iran because he didn’t like the way he looked in recent photos.

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The Pentagon has not allowed photographers to cover Defense SecrHegseth’s last two briefings on the war in Iran.

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Defense Department policy instituted last year prohibits the gathering or publication of any information that is not authorized by the government, including declassified information and off-the-record conversations.

The Pentagon spent millions of dollars on luxury crabs and other food items in a single month as part of a frantic end-of-year spending spree to maintain its immense funding. An analysis by the government watchdog Open the Books found that the department led by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spent more than $93 billion in September 2025,