Senators give cold shoulder to Hegseth plan to cut admirals, generals

Source: thehill.com · Section: politics · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:30:00 GMT

Defense-focused senators are giving a cool reception to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s proposal to cut by 20 percent the number of nation’s admirals and generals. Several lawmakers said they had not seen the rationale for Hegseth’s argument, while others clearly wanted to talk about other things. “No, I certainly want to see his rationale...

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Left: What to Know About Hegseth’s New Office of Religious Affairs — www.motherjones.com
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Center-Left: The Pentagon taps Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey to help decide what the military should do next — techcrunch.com
Center: Watch live: Hegseth to lay out Pentagon shake-up in State of the Force address — thehill.com
Center-Right: Musk returns to Trump world for Pentagon war study — www.axios.com
Center: They dropped their phone case from the stratosphere — the only thing that broke was a world record — www.theblaze.com
Center: The 6 new initiatives in Hegseth's Pentagon — thehill.com
Right: Hegseth accuses media of treason in pugnacious annual address — www.axios.com
Right: Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’ — www.theguardian.com
Right: WSJ editors bury Hegseth for bizarrely offensive 'weirdo' speech: 'Has he met anyone?' — www.rawstory.com
Right: 7 takeaways from Hegseth's address to officers: Warfare's future, faith and a new base — thehill.com

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