{"id":582017,"date":"2026-04-03T03:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582017\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:11:09","slug":"hegseth-fires-armys-top-officer-gen-randy-george-breaking-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/582017\/","title":{"rendered":"Hegseth fires Army\u2019s top officer, Gen. Randy George &#8211; Breaking Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxPYTFFd3BhU2ZodXEzNWxHdjc2RnEzX2pRTVJTaUd4Y2hZSTVNeFlMajRxVFZHR1A4VGtmbDlGNU9GT2lmcHUzTXU1ODVZSDVTU0lJNnU4dkphb19yTTVEUFlUYV9pY2hMVHJBRGhvUTRFZFpRQWN2RXJkZjRMVkYtNVNEMThNWjJjYTNhVm93?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hegseth fires Army\u2019s top officer, Gen. Randy George<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Breaking Defense<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQblY5ZElCTkFZV3hBU0ZadXJTc1NHRnRHRXVVRkZPZEw3SGlna2kyYWdvODdYdDBBQ1g5WXlfVzZtcjFfT0FOcVp2TDgwVjd1VkJBamRkSmEyN29ENUNuaEtxNnlxQzJ1cFdhbFQzZHRIQjZITXV4U2hydFBzUHFKbTI5OHN1S3Njb29CTF80d0VSYmhxYUxOTzc4NVV0bF9EVkpwOQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pete Hegseth asks the US Army&#8217;s top uniformed officer to step down<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiZ0FVX3lxTE9ZN0tlNFJqTDN5MTg1QXdEWDdrUWNRT1FXaWd2anVqV21uRWhxOUkyaTVyWkJjZm1Cb3otcnQyd2RCYnVqVHd6MmczSnNPUC0yS3ljQ3ZTZHdxdWVVMDFROEItQzd2QnM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Live updates: Hegseth asks the Army\u2019s top uniformed officer to step down during Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AP News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxNcE52NFo1bzhQaXFUdkpXSlQyWkdISDduYURiMU5nNzJVQUpIajhEMHp4bVdyVEw3WXI0MVpNY3puZ3lpbldjbkI1dFdKSW5GYjJJVy1pRUVOTVR3bkhpQ1Roc1BnbHpWRXJZbFQ0NVA4V3RjWXJtLUt1aGZfcWF4R010eVJIYXNoYVhaUw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Hegseth removes Army&#8217;s top general during Iran war<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Axios<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiAFBVV95cUxPNHRqckk0ZzdfSzdNOVRxd2NIazJNMFpySDh6cDZ2eW9xNmo3cVR4cTFfb3gxWkJFX2cyYWVFdkV2Rm5qUVVEQnpDTlllWmpRa013emxSZDhjb1JoVDRFN1ZZQm5RT2t4aGJZaVVOLVRwaEMxY0dLUnJnRVBaRnhzQVF4NHcwUFdQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Top US army officer steps down after Hegseth reportedly demanded removal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hegseth fires Army\u2019s top officer, Gen. Randy George&nbsp;&nbsp;Breaking DefensePete Hegseth asks the US Army&#8217;s top uniformed officer to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-582017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}