The Pentagon is pushing back hard against an NBC News report alleging military leaders were weighing a new recruitment drive connected to the legacy of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson told Fox News Digital the report was "100% wrong," blasting NBC for "publishing false claims based on anonymous sources."

"This is not happening, yet Fake News NBC published this report as if it were true using anonymous sources with no knowledge of what the recruitment task force at DOW is working on," Wilson said.

The Pentagon also released the original statement it gave NBC, in which Chief Spokesman Sean Parnell accused the media of inventing lies about recruitment efforts in an attempt to undermine the administration.

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"The media is so desperate to attack this administration’s success that they are now inventing lies," Parnell said. "Under the strong leadership of President Trump and Secretary Hegseth, men and women are coming out in droves to serve this great nation."

NBC’s article, written by reporter Courtney Kube, cited two unnamed officials who claimed Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Anthony Tata was leading discussions on a recruitment campaign framed as a national "call to service."

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