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Hegseth orders 20% cut in senior generals across Pentagon

Hegseth orders 20% cut in number of top Pentagon officers

There are only 44 four-star generals or flag officers in the US military, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also ordered reductions among the senior officers below them.

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Hegseth directs 20% cut to top military leadership positions

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in recent weeks has dismissed or transferred multiple close advisers, tightly narrowing his inner circle.

USA Today · 4h

Defense Sec. Hegseth plans to cut 20% of senior generals, admirals at the Pentagon

Defense Sec. Pete Hegseth announced a plan to cut 20% of active duty senior generals and admirals. Ryan Ross

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Mike Waltz Is Out. Pete Hegseth Is Probably Next.

In recent weeks, we’ve learned that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth shared sensitive details about U.S. military strikes in ...

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Trump cracks joke at embattled Pete Hegseth’s expense in cabinet meeting: ‘My least controversial person’

Over recent weeks, Hegseth has faced controversy over two leaked Signal group chats and high-profile departures at the ...

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Pete Hegseth's Most Embarrassing Moments In The Trump Administration (So Far)

Pete Hegseth has only served as Secretary of Defense since January 2025, but he's racked up a number of scandals in the short ...

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Pete Hegseth’s hard choices: Today’s decisions and tomorrow’s military

Pete Hegseth thinks we're at a point where long-range drones and hypersonics are changing and contesting battle spaces ...

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks in the Midstate

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the Midstate on Wednesday. Hegseth, who has been at the center of ...

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Prominent role of Pete Hegseth’s wife at Pentagon draws scrutiny

“What I’ve seen with [Pete] Hegseth – never in my life have I ever seen this ... “The strength and safety of the United ...

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Pete Hegseth says evidence from leak probe ‘will be handed over to DOJ’ for potential charges

Hegseth ripped the “hoax press” and recently fired aides “spinning” lies for the turmoil now engulfing the Pentagon over the disclosure of sensitive US military information.

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Trump Assures Nation That Pete Hegseth Will Eventually ‘Get It Together'

President Donald Trump is confident that Pete Hegseth is going to "get it together" any day now - which, to be frank, is not ...

Senators raise questions, concerns over Pete Hegseth’s leadership

Members of the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services expressed concerns and questions regarding Secretary of ...

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Pete Hegseth ‘proudly ends’ Women, Peace and Security program. Trump had signed it in 2017

What has come into highlight is that it was Pete Hegseth's boss, Donald Trump who signed the program into law in 2017 during ...

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Pete Hegseth directs ‘comprehensive transformation’ of Army

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Army to undergo a “comprehensive transformation” as he is calling for the ...

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