Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is considering firing or removing generals and senior officers as early as this week, according to multiple U.S. and congressional officials.
A list has been circulated on Capitol Hill that contains generals and senior officers who could be fired or removed, the officials said.
Hegseth, days before President Donald Trump nominated him to lead the Defense Department, said in November that “woke” officials needed to be uprooted from the DOD.
“First of all, you’ve got to fire the chairman of the Joint Chiefs,” Hegseth said in an appearance on the “Shawn Ryan Show.”
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during join press conference with Poland’s Defense Minister after their meeting at the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Warsaw on Feb. 14, 2025.
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“But any general that was involved — general, admiral, whatever — that was involved in any of the DEI woke s— has got to go,” he continued. “Either you’re in for warfighting, and that’s it. That’s the only litmus test we care about.”
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