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"Hegseth orders 20% cut in number of top Pentagon officers.... There are only 44 [of them]...Pete Hegseth has also ordered reductions among the senior officers below them."

This is not about reform. A weak SecDef, acting for a weak Donald Trump, is culling the Pentagon of those who might tell him, "No." The cost in preparedness, morale, and command experience will be considerable. But no cost is too great to bear for loyalty to Donald Trump, instead of the Constitution.

https://www.dw.com/en/hegseth-orders-20-cut-in-number-of-top-pentagon-officers/a-72443265