Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's wife has been an ever-constant presence by his side while he helms the Department of War – shadowing him at official events, rubbing shoulders with President Trump, training with Marines and even controversially sitting in on high-level meetings. But now as military whistleblowers issue an 'urgent SOS' over an embattled Hegseth, 46, turning the Defense Department into his own personal fiefdom, the Pentagon's so-called first lady is also in the firing line. Jennifer Hegseth's unusually powerful - and yet unofficial - presence inside the Pentagon has ruffled so many feathers of late that DoD staffers have dubbed the 49-year-old 'Yoko Ono' behind her back. Despite initially taking more of a backseat in steering her husband, Jennifer - known as Jennifer Rauchet as Hegseth's producer at Fox News for years – appears to now be inching even further into public view. She routinely shares updates on social media broadcasting her role as a doting Pentagon spouse, including paying her respects to fallen soldiers during a D-Day commemoration in France and hosting a garden party for military mothers in Virginia. And just last month, the White House announced Jennifer was now taking on a new role: Chairwoman of the first-ever Presidential Military Spouse Commission. Standing just inches behind Trump in the Oval Office, Hegseth was spotted planting a kiss on his wife's cheek as the announcement was made. #news #politics #petehegseth #pentagon - @dailymailpolitics