{"id":561200,"date":"2026-04-03T00:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/561200\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T00:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T00:53:13","slug":"pete-hegseth-fires-armys-top-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/561200\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Hegseth fires Army’s top general"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, removing the Army\u2019s top officer in the latest shake-up of military leadership amid the war in Iran.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hegseth asked George to step down and retire immediately, a Department of Defense official confirmed Thursday to MS NOW.\u00a0\u00a0Christopher LaNeve, a former Hegseth military aide, is expected to serve as acting chief of staff.<\/p>\n

CBS was the\u00a0first to report<\/a>\u00a0the ousting.\u00a0The Pentagon confirmed George\u2019s departure Thursday in a\u00a0social media post<\/a>, without further detail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of War is grateful for General George\u2019s decades of service to our nation. We wish him well in his retirement,\u201d Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

George was nominated by President Joe Biden in 2023 and served about three years of what would have typically been a four-year position.\u00a0His term was set to end in 2027.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEbony Davis is a breaking news reporter for MS NOW based in Washington, D.C. She previously worked at CNN as a campaign reporter covering elections and politics.\u00a0\u00a0\t\t<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJulia Jester covers politics for MS NOW and is based in Washington, D.C.\t\t<\/p>\n

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