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  • Hegseth fires general whose agency’s intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump

    08/22/2025 1:02:46 PM PDT · by DFG · 72 replies
    AP ^ | 08/22/2025 | KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHELLE L. PRICE
    Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from U.S. strikes angered President Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official. Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse will no longer serve as head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, according to the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss it publicly. The firing is the latest upheaval in military leadership and in the country’s intelligence agencies, and comes a few months after details of the preliminary assessment...
  • Air Force’s top uniformed officer is retiring early in latest Trump military shake-up

    08/19/2025 10:21:42 AM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 22 replies
    AP News ^ | Updated 10:26 AM CDT, August 19, 2025 | MIKE PESOLI
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force’s top uniformed officer is set to retire early in the most recent shake-up of military leadership during President Donald Trump’s second term.Gen. David Allvin will continue serving as the service’s chief of staff until a replacement is confirmed by the Senate, the Air Force announced Monday. He expects to retire around Nov. 1, two years into his four-year term, it said in a statement.Allvin joins other top military officials who have stepped down or been fired by Trump’s Republican administration during a broader leadership upheaval, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plans to slash the...