{"id":280,"date":"2026-04-24T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=280"},"modified":"2026-04-24T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:02:01","slug":"us-navy-secretary-john-phelan-resigns-amid-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/24\/us-navy-secretary-john-phelan-resigns-amid-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy Secretary John Phelan Resigns Amid Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan has announced his resignation, effective immediately, according to the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Officials stated that Deputy Navy Secretary Hung Cao will assume duties as the acting secretary following the resignation.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes at a time when the U.S. Navy is actively engaged in operations in the Strait of Hormuz, adding significance to the sudden departure.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest that the resignation may be linked to concerns over the pace of operations, with claims that President Donald Trump was dissatisfied with Phelan\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>There are also indications of internal disagreements with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, which may have contributed to his exit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan has announced his resignation, effective immediately, according to the Pentagon. Officials stated that Deputy Navy Secretary Hung Cao will assume duties as the acting secretary following the resignation. The development comes at a time when the U.S. Navy is actively engaged in operations in the Strait of Hormuz, adding significance &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":281,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/280\/revisions\/282"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}