Hegseth fires top US general after Iran assessment that angered Trump

The US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has fired a general whose agency's initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from US strikes angered Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the decision and a White House official… 

The Republican US president, who had pronounced the Iranian program "completely and fully obliterated", rejected the report…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/hegseth-fires-general-jeffrey-kruse

First to ABC: Retired 4-star general, 200 former GOP staffers endorse Harris - ABC News

"The humiliation in Afghanistan set off the collapse of American credibility and respect all around the world," Trump said to the National Guard Association of the United States conference in Detroit. 

In response, Harris campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa said in a statement to ABC News: "The Biden-Harris Administration inherited a mess from Donald Trump. Trump wants America to forget that he had four years to get out of Afghanistan, but failed to do it. All he did was continue our longest war. Trump cannot be trusted to keep us safe, but Vice President Harris is a proven leader on the world stage."…

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/abc-retired-4-star-general-200-former-gop/story

Top general orders removal of Confederate paraphernalia from Marine bases.

The Marine Corps took a welcome step toward modernizing after the service’s top general ordered the removal of all Confederate paraphernalia from all Marine installations around the world. The directive from Commandant Gen. David Berger came last week, shortly after a congressional hearing on the rise of the racist ideology of white nationalism in the military. The directive did not specify what exact forms of paraphernalia would now be prohibited beyond, presumably, the Confederate flag.....
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/marine-general-orders-removal-confederate-flag-paraphernalia-bases-installations-white-nationalism.html

Former U.S. general rages: 'There is blood on Trump's hands for abandoning our Kurdish allies' - Daily Kos

Since Donald Trump ordered the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from northern Syria, media outlets have turned to politicians and military strategists to break down exactly what it all means—and all of it is bad news. The real-life ramifications of Trump's ineptitude are having dire consequences. In short, with a weak-minded president like Trump, world leaders are willing to call his bluff. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/10/14/1892327/-Former-U-S-General-rages-There-is-blood-on-Trump-s-hands-for-abandoning-our-Kurdish-allies

Top general warns ISIS waiting to resurge - The Hill

The top U.S. general in charge of the Middle East warned Thursday that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is going underground and waiting to resurge as it is on the brink of a territorial defeat...
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/433032-top-general-warns-isis-waiting-to-resurge

'Part of Putin's plan': Retired general explains how Trump is doing Russia's bidding in Syria - Raw Story

On Friday, Retired Rear Admiral John Kirby explained to CNN host Jim Acosta that there are "serious repercussions" to President Donald Trump's decision to abruptly withdraw American troops out of Syria. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/12/part-of-putins-plan-retired-general-reveals-how-trump-is-aiding-russia/

One striking image shows the Marine Corps generals who will have left the Trump administration, after the president praised their service - Business Insider

Department of Defense President Donald Trump once boasted that his administration was staffed by notable members of the US armed forces. Those service members will soon be leaving his administration. ....
https://www.businessinsider.com/marine-corps-generals-leaving-trump-administration-mattis-resigns-2018-12

Evangelical U.S. Air Force General Has Secretly Been Running a Christian Online Ministry in Possible Violation of Rules: Exclusive

The Air Force brigadier general newly in charge of one of the nation’s most celebrated and elite Air Force wings has been running an online evangelical Christian ministry for the last five years—in violation of Air Force and Defense Department rules about religious proselytizing, according to a formal letter of complaint sent to Defense Secretary James Mattis Sunday....

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-evangelicals-god-prayer-air-force-secret-christian-online-ministry-1070772

Trump: Withdraw Troops From Syria. Trump’s Advisers: F That. - The Daily Beast

The president declared 'it is time' to bring U.S. forces in Syria home. At nearly the same moment, his top diplomat and general for the region said, 'that mission isn't over.' ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-withdraw-troops-from-syria-trumps-advisers-f-that

Sarah Sanders just made an absolutely outrageous argument about the media - CNNPolitics

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said something during her daily press briefing Friday that actually took my breath away. CBS News' Chip Reid asked Sanders about a factual inaccuracy in White House chief of staff and retired Marine Corps Gen. John Kelly's attack on Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson on Thursday.

Here's how Sanders responded: "If you want to go after General Kelly, that is up to you. If you want to get into a debate with a four-star Marine general, I think that is something highly inappropriate.....
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/20/politics/sarah-sanders-john-kelly-press/index.html