Washington D.C. The US Department of Defense, the Pentagon, has strongly denied news related to a 'major investment' attempt associated with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.A report published by the Financial Times claimed that a broker for Hegseth sought to make a large investment in military-related companies in the weeks preceding the Iran war. However, Pentagon Chief Spokesperson Sean Parnell stated that the claim is completely baseless.'Neither Minister Hegseth himself nor any of his representatives contacted BlackRock for such an investment,' Parnell stated. Responding on the social media platform X, he called the news unfounded and misleading and demanded immediate correction.The...