A 1930s globe associated with Dwight D Eisenhower was badly damaged when aides to the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, tried to move it to his Pentagon office, The Guardian reports, citing a Washington Post investigation.
According to the Post's sources, Hegseth asked for the 30-inch globe, which Eisenhower is said to have used while planning the D-day landings, to be placed in his office. Rather than wait for specialist movers, staff carried it themselves in February and dropped it, punching a hole in its base.
A US army spokesperson confirmed the damage happened during an attempted move and said the sphere had come away from its rotating metal mount. The globe was never relocated and is now being repaired. Photographs published by the Post show fragments on a hallway carpet beneath the wooden frame.
Source: The Guardian
