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Pentagon orders Cyber Command to defend November election

Original: # American # Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Oct. 1, 2026 The Department of # Defense has released a Se

A September 22 memo from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directs U.S. Cyber Command to combat foreign interference in the November election, according to an American Democracy Minute news report for October 1, 2026. The Defense Department has released the memo publicly. The directive puts the military's cyber forces at the center of election security efforts against overseas meddling.

Why now: Concerns about foreign interference are rising ahead of the November election.

Pete HegsethDepartment of DefenseU.S. Cyber Command

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• # American # Democracy Minute Radio News Report & Podcast for Oct. 1, 2026 The Department of # Defense has released a September 22nd memo from Secretary Pete # Hegseth , directing the U.S. # Cyber Command to # combat # foreign # interference in the November # election . Such… · WINGS_radio · 2

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