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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Pete hegseths staff break priceless historic globe he requested for office - What They Never Told You

A man in a military uniform stands next to a globe and American flag
Dwight D Eisenhower is shown in a portrait, standing near a globe and a flag. Photograph: Bettmann/Bettmann Archive

A priceless pre-second world war globe coveted by the US defence secretary Pete Hegseth for his office in the Pentagon was damaged by his staff in a botched attempt to relocate it, army officials have admitted.

Photographs published by the Washington Post on Thursday show the shattered 30-inch Eisenhower globe, said to have been used by Dwight D Eisenhower, the 34th US president, as he plotted the D-day landings as allied supreme commander.

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