Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Right · Published: Wed, 30 Sep 2026 21:20:58 GMT

Amid latest extraordinary attack on diversity, US defense secretary also suggests military is retaining service personnel at ‘record’ ratesSend us your questions about how the Iran war will affect US voters in the midtermsThe US defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, has confirmed plans to cut 20% of generals and admirals and declared “no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps” would be tolerated inside the country’s military.Delivering his latest extraordinary attack on diversity, and dismissing reports of low morale within the US armed forces as “false claims”, Hegseth also suggested they were retaining service personnel at “record” rates. Continue reading...

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Left: Hegseth says he's cutting generals and admirals by 20%, ousting "woke" — www.cbsnews.com
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Center-Right: Musk returns to Trump world for Pentagon war study — www.axios.com
Center: Watch live: Hegseth to lay out Pentagon shake-up in State of the Force address — thehill.com
Center-Left: Scoop: Rubio ordered Iranian delegation to leave the country, U.S. official says — www.axios.com
Center-Left: Pentagon to create first-ever autonomous warfare command, Hegseth reveals — www.washingtonexaminer.com
Right: Hegseth accuses media of treason in pugnacious annual address — www.axios.com
Right: Retired Major General Rips ‘Incompetent’ Hegseth for ‘Playing Russian Roulette With the Security of the United States’ — www.mediaite.com
Right: This last-ditch gambit by Republicans could be their undoing come November — www.rawstory.com
Right: In Speech, Hegseth Targets Diversity, Transgender People, Reporters and Iran — www.nytimes.com

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