Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez confirmed the move, saying there was “nothing controversial” about it.
NEW YORK — In another of a series of moves restricting media access at the Pentagon, the Defense Department declared its press office is now a classified space inaccessible to journalists.
On X, acting Pentagon press secretary Joel Valdez confirmed the move, saying there was “nothing controversial” about it and that it came because speechwriters, who use classified material, were now occupying the space.
“The Pentagon Press Office has been redesignated as a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility due to speechwriters
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