2026-04-22T21:53:32.590Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
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更新时间：2026年4月22日，美国东部时间晚上7:42
发布时间：2026年4月22日，美国东部时间下午5:53
海军部长突然离职
据六位知情人士向CNN透露，海军部长约翰·费兰已被解职。五角大楼发言人肖恩·帕内尔于周三晚间宣布，费兰将“即刻离任”。
两位知情人士透露，国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟已告知费兰，要么主动辞职，要么将被解雇。一位白宫高级官员表示，总统唐纳德·特朗普已知晓这一决定。
海军方面将有关费兰离职细节的问询转交至国防部办公厅，但该部门未立即回复CNN的置评请求。白宫让CNN联系帕内尔的声明。
帕内尔在X平台上发帖称：“代表战争部长和国防部副部长，我们感谢费兰部长为国防部和美国海军所做的服务。我们祝愿他未来一切顺利。副部长洪曹将出任代理海军部长。”
此次宣布离职之际，美国海军正于伊朗战争停火期间对伊朗港口实施封锁。截至目前，美军已迫使29艘船只返航，并登船检查了两艘船舶。
多位消息人士告诉CNN，数月来费兰与赫格斯瑟之间一直存在紧张关系。赫格斯瑟认为费兰在推行造船改革方面进展过慢，同时对费兰直接与特朗普沟通感到不满，认为这是试图绕过他。国防部副部长史蒂夫·费恩伯格也希望接管造船和海军采购的主要职责，而这类工作通常属于费兰的职权范围。
据两位知情人士透露，费兰周三曾在西翼办公区出现。
费兰是一名商人，此前无军旅经历。2025年获任命为海军部长前，他与妻子曾为特朗普的竞选活动募集数百万美元资金。
特朗普当时曾表示：“约翰将成为我们海军服役人员的强大助力，也是践行我的‘美国优先’愿景的坚定领导者。他将把美国海军的事务置于一切之上。”
目前尚不清楚费兰离职的具体原因，这是特朗普提名的各军种部长中首位离职的。不过，国防部长皮特·赫格斯瑟自执掌五角大楼以来，已撤换了各军种中的多名高级军官。
就在他宣布离职的同一周，华盛顿特区郊外正在举办一场重要的年度海事会议——美国海军联盟年度海空天会议。费兰与其他海军高级领导层出席了该会议并发表了讲话。
CNN此前曾报道，费兰的名字出现在一份飞行乘客名单中，显示他于2006年搭乘了定罪性犯罪者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的飞机。名单显示，费兰与爱泼斯坦、其他几位金融家以及一名疑似法国模特经纪人让-吕克·布伦埃尔同机。布伦埃尔是爱泼斯坦的密友，2022年在监狱牢房内死亡前，他面临未成年人强奸和性侵犯指控。
费兰的一位密友表示，他是被贝尔斯登首席执行官吉米·凯恩邀请搭乘该航班的，凯恩已于2021年去世。这位密友称，费兰直到抵达机场才得知他们将搭乘爱泼斯坦的飞机，且此后并未再与爱泼斯坦有过交谈或互动。
本文经补充报道后更新。
US Navy Secretary Phelan ousted as naval blockade of Iran continues
2026-04-22T21:53:32.590Z / CNN
By Haley Britzky, Zachary Cohen, Natasha Bertrand, Kristen Holmes, Kaitlan Collins
Updated 2 min ago
Updated Apr 22, 2026, 7:42 PM ET
PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2026, 5:53 PM ET
Navy Secretary abruptly leaves job
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan was ousted from his position, six sources familiar with the matter told CNN, as Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell announced Wednesday evening that Phelan would be departing “effective immediately.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth informed Phelan he needed to resign or he would be fired, two sources familiar with the matter said. A senior White House official said President Donald Trump was aware of the decision.
The Navy directed queries about the details of Phelan’s departure to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The White House directed CNN to a statement from Parnell.
“On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy,” Parnell said in a post on X. “We wish him well in his future endeavors. Undersecretary Hung Cao will become Acting Secretary of the Navy.”
The announcement comes while the US Navy is carrying out a blockade of Iranian ports during a ceasefire in the Iran war. Thus far, US forces have redirected 29 vessels to return to port and have also boarded two ships.
Multiple sources told CNN there was tension for months between Phelan and Hegseth, who believed he was moving too slowly on implementing shipbuilding reforms and was also irked by Phelan’s direct communication with Trump, which Hegseth viewed as an attempt to bypass him. Deputy Defense Secretary Steve Feinberg also wanted to take control of major responsibilities for shipbuilding and navy acquisitions, a job that would typically be within Phelan’s purview.
Phelan was seen in the West Wing on Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Phelan is a businessman with no prior military service; he and his wife previously fundraised millions of dollars for Trump’s campaign before he was confirmed as Navy secretary in 2025.
“John will be a tremendous force for our Naval servicemembers, and a steadfast leader in advancing my America First vision,” Trump said at the time. “He will put the business of the US Navy above all else.”
It’s unclear what led to Phelan’s departure, which is the first among the military service secretaries nominated under Trump. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has, however, removed numerous senior military officers across the services since taking the helm at the Pentagon.
The announcement of his departure comes the same week as a major, annual maritime conference — the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space conference — was being held just outside of Washington, DC. Phelan and other senior Navy leadership attended and spoke at the conference.
CNN previously reported that Phelan’s name appeared on a flight manifest showing that he flew in 2006 on the plane of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The manifest showed Phelan flew with Epstein; several other financiers; and one passenger who appeared to be French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, a close associate of Epstein who was facing charges of rape of a minor and sexual assault when he was found dead in his prison cell in 2022.
A close friend of Phelan’s said he had been invited to fly on the plane by Bear Stearns CEO Jimmy Cayne, who died in 2021. Phelan did not know they’d be flying on Epstein’s plane until they arrived, the close friend said, and Phelan did not speak or interact with Epstein again.
This story has been updated with additional reporting.
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