Dozens of journalists walked out of the Pentagon together as their deadline to agree to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s restrictive new media policy hit.

Between 40 and 50 journalists left the Pentagon in solidarity after refusing to sign on to the DoD’s policy by 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Photographs of the scene show career Pentagon journalists, some of whom have worked in the building for decades, carrying out personal belongings. The Atlantic’s Nancy Youssef, who has worked in the Pentagon since 2007, brought a map of the Middle East out to her car, according to The Associated Press.

“Today, the Defense Department confiscated the badges of the Pentagon reporters from virtually every major media organization in America,” said the Pentagon Press Association in a statement.

“It did this be

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