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Pete Hegseth

PERSON Government / Department of Defense Momentum 9.5ML Momentum Score (0-100). Weighted composite of 9 features: mention velocity, article breadth, relationship density, deal context, recency, market cap, enrichment completeness, mention concentration, entity type. NORMALPSI regime classification. QUIET (<0.3): baseline activity. NORMAL (0.3-0.5): typical deal flow. ELEVATED (0.5-0.7): above-average signals. HIGH (0.7-0.85): significant activity. EXTREME (>0.85): exceptional signal concentration. Primary: Spectral Shift

Pete Hegseth serves as Secretary of Defense, leading the Department of Defense (3.3M active and reserve personnel, $823B budget). Recent coverage focuses on Pentagon transparency issues and defense policy implementation under the current administration.

-0.42
PSI ScorePlocamium Signal Index - composite z-score from 5 orthogonal signals: news frequency, targeted sentiment, graph centrality, regulatory filings, and clinical trial activity.
9.5
MomentumML Momentum Score (0-100). Weighted composite of 9 features including mention velocity, article breadth, deal context, and relationship density. Retrained weekly.
1%
ConfidenceSignal confidence - percentage of PSI sub-signals with sufficient data (30+ observations). Higher confidence means the PSI score is based on more complete data.
58
ConnectionsDegree centrality - number of unique entities this entity co-occurs with in news signals and articles. Higher = more connected in the intelligence network.
Pete Hegseth is graph community structure is reorganizing around this entity — relationship patterns are changing (primary driver: Spectral Shift).
Connected Entities
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PSI Intelligence
30-Day Trend
2026-05-17 2026-06-16 72 0 Degree Mentions
Signal Decomposition
Attention Cascade
-0.316
Narrative Drift
0.000
Spectral Shift
662.541
Sentiment-Momentum Divergence
0.000
Source Concentration
0.299
Signal
Pete Hegseth is graph community structure is reorganizing around this entity — relationship patterns are changing (primary driver: Spectral Shift).
Driver
Ranked #1125 of 1190 in Government — below most sector peers. PSI down 0.19 from yesterday (-0.23 -> -0.42).
Action
Baseline conditions. Continue standard monitoring cadence.
Peer Comparison
1125 of 1190
Sector Rank
-1.34
Peer Z-Score
6%
Sector Percentile
Predicted Links
Predicted ConnectionProbability
United Arab Emirates 1.000
Qatar 1.000
Saudi Arabia 1.000
Vance 1.000
Network Analysis
58 Degree Centrality
Ego Network (top connections)
Hegseth (weight 184.0)DOD (weight 106.0)United States (weight 105.0)Iran (weight 89.0)Donald Trump (weight 58.0)White House (weight 56.0)China (weight 43.0)Singapore (weight 42.0) HegsethDODUnited StatesIranDonald TrumpWhite HouseChinaSingapore Pete Hegseth (degree 58) Pete Hegseth
Centrality History
2026-05-17 2026-06-16 72 0 Degree Mentions
EntityWeight StatusFirst Seen
Hegseth 184 NEW
DOD 106 STRENGTHENED
United States 105 STABLE
Iran 89 STABLE
Donald Trump 58 STABLE
White House 56 STRENGTHENED
China 43 STABLE
Singapore 42 STABLE
Washington 37 STABLE
Strait of Hormuz 32 STRENGTHENED
Tehran 31 STABLE
Secretary 31 NEW
Middle East 27 STRENGTHENED
WASHINGTON 26 STABLE
Europe 25 STABLE
Marco Rubio 19 STABLE
of State 19 STABLE
NATO 18 STABLE
Congress 17 STABLE
President 16 STABLE
Bloomberg 16 STABLE
General 14 NEW
Asia 13 STABLE
JD Vance 13 STABLE
Senate 13 NEW
Gulf 12 STABLE
U.S. military 11 NEW
REUTERS 11 NEW
Democrats 11 STABLE
Israel 10 STABLE
Article Coverage (0)
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No Plocamium-authored coverage yet. This entity surfaces in upstream signals (news, filings, trials) but has not yet been a primary subject of a published article. Watch this entity to be alerted when one is published.

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Data as of 2026-06-16 ← Intelligence Network