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Hegseth Orders Cuts To Pentagon’s Stable Of Generals And Admirals

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center, outside the White House on May 1. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday directed significant cuts to the U.S. military’s senior-most ranks, saying the elimination of positions held by about 100 generals and admirals is necessary to slash “redundant force structure” and streamline the Pentagon’s sprawling bureaucracy.

The plan was announced with scant detail in a one-page memo signed by the defense secretary. It calls for a “minimum” 20 percent cut to the number of four-star generals and admirals, the military’s top rank, on active duty and a corresponding number of generals in the National Guard. There also will be another 10 percent reduction, at least, to the total number of generals and admirals across the force.

It was unclear whether Hegseth intends to gradually phase out the targeted positions, which his memo does not identify, or move quickly to force out the men and women who fill those roles at present. Officials on Hegseth’s staff did not respond to questions about how quickly they may adopt the cuts, in keeping with the Pentagon’s recent efforts to limit communication with the public via the news media.


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