* Pentagon Purge: Navy Secretary Axed. And $17 Billion Trump-Class Warship?  NDTV
* Why did Trump ‘fire’ US navy secretary abruptly amid Hormuz blockade? What reports claim  The Times of India
* Middle East crisis live: US and Iran in blockade stalemate as Washington’s navy secretary leaves office ‘immediately’  The Guardian
* U.S. Navy Secretary John Phelan fired by Pentagon  The Hindu
* US Navy Secretary John Phelan leaving Trump administration  BBC
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