U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SAYS 'WE JUST LAUNCHED THE OFFICE OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS' AND WILL 'ELEVATE THE CHAPLAIN CORPS', ADDING THAT HE BELIEVES 'SPIRITUAL FITNESS IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS PHYSICAL FITNESS'.

U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH SAYS ON IRAN THAT 'MORE OIL IS GOING THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ TODAY THAN BEFORE THE CONFLICT EVEN STARTED, BECAUSE INCREDIBLE PILOTS CONTROL THE AIRSPACE', AND THAT WHILE THERE WAS 'A LOT OF INTENTIONAL PROPAGANDA ABOUT THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN', 80% OF THAT CARRIER STRIKE GROUP 'SIGNED UP TO REENLIST'.

U.S. DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH, USING HIS REPETITIVE 'SEND ME' REFRAIN, SAYS 'SEND ME TO FIGHT THE REDCOATS. SEND ME TO FIGHT THE COMMUNISTS. SEND ME TO FIGHT THE NAZIS. SEND ME TO FIGHT THE ISLAMISTS'.

U.S.-RUSSIA UKRAINE TALKS EXPAND TO MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR OIL DEAL Trump administration talks with Russia over ending the Ukraine war have expanded to include a potential multibillion-dollar deal involving Lukoil’s global oil assets, Reuters reports, citing the NYT. The deal requires U.S. and Kremlin approval and was reportedly raised by Vladimir Putin during a September meeting with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT SAYS ON IRAN THAT 'FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, SINCE THEY STARTED PUMPING OIL, THEY WILL HAVE NO OIL ON THE WATER THIS WEEK', ADDING 'THEY WILL HAVE NO REVENUES' - AXIOS

U.S. TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT SAYS ON ELON MUSK THAT 'I AM A HUGE ELON FAN' AND WAS 'VERY SUPPORTIVE' OF WHAT HE WAS TRYING TO DO WITH GOVERNMENT, LIKENING THEM TO 'A SPORTS TEAM' THAT 'CAN HAVE AN ARGUMENT IN THE LOCKER ROOM, BUT YOU GO OUT IN THE FIELD TOGETHER', CALLING HIM 'AMAZING' AND NOTING 'HE'S TAKING US TO MARS'. - AXIOS