WASHINGTON \u2014 Unidentified drone activity was recently detected at\u00a0Fort McNair, the Army base in southwest DC where both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reside, according to multiple reports.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Officials detected the drones above the base on a single night within the past 10 days, but couldn\u2019t immediately determine their origin, the\u00a0Washington Post reported<\/a>, citing multiple sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n With the military operating under a heightened state of alert due to the war with Iran, officials\u00a0weighed moving Rubio and Hegseth to other quarters before deciding against doing so, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n Unidentified drone activity was recently detected at\u00a0an army base in southwest DC, where both Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reside, according to multiple reports. AP<\/p>\n CBS News reported<\/a>\u00a0Thursday morning that military officials do not believe there is a credible threat to Fort McNair at this time.\u00a0\u201cThe department cannot comment on the secretary\u2019s movements for security reasons, and reporting on such movements is grossly irresponsible,\u201d Chief Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell told the Washington Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Pentagon and State Department did not immediately respond to The Post\u2019s requests for comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n Hegseth and Rubio have been publicly known to reside in Fort McNair since at least this past October, when their living situation\u00a0was widely reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fort McNair is home to the\u00a0National Defense University and the\u00a0top brass of the Pentagon.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fort McNair is home to the\u00a0National Defense University and the\u00a0top brass of the Pentagon.\u00a0 Joint Task Force-National Capital Region and the U.S. Army Military District of Washington<\/p>\n Under the second Trump administration, the Army base has been used to house some civilian officials, such as White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller, who moved his family there from northern Virginia due to security concerns.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fort McNair has not traditionally been used to house civilian political leaders. Former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, for example, is known to have lived in Falls Church, Va., where his home was\u00a0targeted by anti-Israel agitators<\/a>\u00a0during the Biden administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Iran has previously threatened top US officials and is accused of multiple assassination plots targeting President Trump in revenge for the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani in January 2020.<\/p>\n