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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth waits for the arrival of Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar during an Honor Cordon at the Pentagon on July 01, in Arlington, Virginia. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth did not inform the White House before he authorized a pause on weapons shipments to Ukraine last week, according to five sources familiar with the matter, setting off a scramble inside the administration to understand why the halt was implemented and explain it to Congress and the Ukrainian government. U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Tuesday that he was...