2026-09-05T02:19:12.343Z / reuters.com
华盛顿/纽约，9月4日（路透社）——三位知情人士告诉路透社，白宫已审查了可能接替国防部副部长史蒂夫·费因伯格的候选人，这一迹象表明，在本已面临异常高人员流动率的五角大楼，可能会迎来更多领导层变动。
其中两位人士表示，这项工作于6月启动，期间曾与参议院资深议员讨论本届政府的提名是否能获得足够支持获得确认，其中一人补充称，截至8月底，审查工作仍在进行中。路透社无法确定白宫何时开始考虑候选人名单。
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三位消息人士称，目前尚无罢免费因伯格的决定。他们未说明白宫审查潜在继任者的原因，也未明确白宫正在考虑哪些候选人。
白宫发言人安娜·凯利表示：“这些所谓的匿名‘消息人士’根本不知道自己在说什么。”
“特朗普总统赞赏赫格斯部长、副部长费因伯格以及整个战争部的工作，他们在‘史诗之怒行动’、‘绝对决心行动’和‘午夜之锤行动’中取得的成功有目共睹，”她说道，此处指美国在伊朗和委内瑞拉的军事行动。
五角大楼否认正在进行更换费因伯格的相关程序。当被路透社置评请求时，赫格斯在一份声明中表示，他完全支持费因伯格，“他不会离开”。
五角大楼未提供费因伯格的置评，也拒绝让他接受采访。
作为私募股权公司赛伯罗斯资本管理公司的亿万富翁联合创始人，若费因伯格离职，将是国防部在国防部长皮特·赫格斯领导下出现的一系列高调人事变动中级别最高的一次人员调整。
据一位知情人士透露，陆军部长丹·德里斯科尔于本周辞职，原因是与赫格斯存在数月的紧张关系。陆军方面拒绝就其离职原因置评。海军部长约翰·费兰和多位陆军高级领导人近几个月也已离职。
分析师表示，曾誓言加快美国弹药生产的费因伯格尚未实现这一目标，他们称美国工业基础无法快速扩产。一些国防行业高管表示，尽管政府施加了巨大压力，但国会拨款速度缓慢，使他的任务变得复杂。
赫格斯在给路透社的声明中表示：“费因伯格一直不知疲倦地重建我们的国防工业基础，确保我们的军队拥有打赢战争所需的一切，我期待继续与他合作。”他补充道，“他为特朗普总统、为国防部、为我们的作战人员做得非常出色。”
对伊朗战争的不满
特朗普对持续六个月的伊朗战争缺乏进展的不满与日俱增，这场战争已陷入美国与伊朗之间代价高昂的僵持局面。
其中一项代价是美国武器库存的缩减。路透社此前曾报道，美国军方面临某些弹药的严重短缺，这引发了国会和军方领导人的担忧。
特朗普对此类担忧不予理会，称美国拥有“比世界上任何国家都多得多的弹药”。
但据《华盛顿邮报》报道，本月早些时候在戴维营与特朗普的一次交流中，赫格斯指责费因伯格导致远程制导导弹和防空拦截弹的库存减少。
白宫称该报道为“假新闻”。五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔在给路透社的一份声明中表示：“赫格斯部长没有就我们的弹药态势误导任何人，也没有指责副部长费因伯格。”
费因伯格由特朗普于去年任命，他试图通过加大美国军方对企业的直接投资，并通过国防部内的多个办公室——包括战略资本办公室和新成立的经济防御单元——向军事承包商提供贷款，来重塑五角大楼。
路透社看到费因伯格8月18日发给国防企业的一份备忘录，其中他呼吁承包商加快生产，并在定价方面提高透明度。五角大楼未回应有关该备忘录的置评请求。
费因伯格也受到国会山的审查，美国民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦曾就他的前公司赛伯罗斯是否会从五角大楼在“金穹顶”导弹防御项目上的开支中获利提出担忧。
“战争部副部长史蒂夫·费因伯格与赛伯罗斯之间不存在利益冲突，”帕内尔表示，“他已完全剥离了在赛伯罗斯的股份，并已回避参与行政部门与赛伯罗斯之间的任何对话或商业关系。”
赛伯罗斯未回应置评请求。
White House reviews candidates to replace Hegseth deputy Feinberg, sources say
2026-09-05T02:19:12.343Z / reuters.com
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) – The White House has reviewed candidates to potentially replace Deputy Secretary of Defense Steve Feinberg, three people familiar with the discussions told Reuters, a sign that more leadership change could come for a Pentagon already facing unusually high staff turnover.
The effort, which was under way in June, has included conversations with senior lawmakers in the Senate about whether the administration’s picks would have enough support to be confirmed, said two of the people, one of whom added that the review was still going on as of late August. Reuters could not determine when the White House began considering candidates.
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The three sources said no decision had been made to remove Feinberg from his post. They did not say why the White House was reviewing potential replacements and did not specify which candidates the White House was considering.
“These so-called anonymous ‘sources’ have no idea what they are talking about,” said White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly.
“President Trump appreciates the work of Secretary Hegseth, Deputy Secretary Feinberg, and the entire Department of War, whose record of success in Operation Epic Fury, Operation Absolute Resolve, and Operation Midnight Hammer speaks for itself,” she said, referring to U.S. military operations in Iran and Venezuela.
The Pentagon denied a process was under way to replace Feinberg. Asked for comment by Reuters, Hegseth said in a statement that Feinberg has his full support and “isn’t going anywhere.”
The Pentagon did not provide a comment from Feinberg and declined to make him available for an interview.
A departure by Feinberg, the billionaire co-founder of private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management, would be the most senior staff change for a department that has already seen a string of high-profile departures under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll resigned this week following
months of tension
with Hegseth, according to a source familiar with the matter. The Army has declined to comment on the reasons for his departure. Navy Secretary John Phelan and several senior Army leaders have also departed in recent months.
Feinberg, who vowed to accelerate U.S. munitions production, has not yet met that goal, according to analysts who say that the U.S. industrial base cannot ramp up quickly. Some defense industry executives say his task has been complicated by the slow pace of Congress appropriating funds despite immense pressure from the administration.
Feinberg “has worked tirelessly to rebuild our Defense Industrial Base and ensure our military has everything it needs to win, and I look forward to continuing to work with him,” Hegseth said in his statement to Reuters, adding, “He’s doing a tremendous job for President Trump, for the Department, and for our warfighters.”
FRUSTRATION OVER THE IRAN WAR
Trump has increasingly expressed frustration with the lack of progress in the six-month-old Iran war, which has settled into a costly standoff between the U.S. and Iran.
One of the costs has been a drawdown of U.S. weapons stockpiles. Reuters has reported that the U.S. military faces significant shortages of certain munitions, which have alarmed Congress and military leaders.
Trump has dismissed the concerns, saying the U.S. has “far more munitions than anyone in the world.”
But in an exchange with Trump at Camp David earlier this month, according to the Washington Post, Hegseth blamed Feinberg for letting stockpiles of long-range guided missiles and air-defense interceptors shrink.
The White House has called the report “fake news.” In a statement to Reuters, chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said: “Secretary Hegseth did not mislead anyone about our munitions posture, and he did not blame Deputy Secretary Feinberg.”
Appointed by Trump last year, Feinberg has attempted to reshape the Pentagon by ramping up the U.S. military’s direct investments in companies and delivering loans to military contractors through multiple offices inside the department, including the Office of Strategic Capital and the newly created Economic Defense Unit.
In an August 18 memo he sent to defense firms and seen by Reuters, Feinberg called on contractors to speed up production and provide more transparency around pricing. The Pentagon did not respond to a question about the memo.
Feinberg has also come under scrutiny on Capitol Hill, where Democratic U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren has raised concerns about whether his former firm Cerberus could benefit from the Pentagon’s spending on its Golden Dome missile defense program.
“There are no conflicts of interest between Deputy Secretary of War Steve Feinberg and Cerberus,” said Parnell. “He has completely divested from Cerberus and has recused himself from any conversations or business relationships between the Executive Branch and Cerberus.”
Cerberus did not respond to a request for comment.