{"id":2453,"date":"2026-06-29T06:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2026-06-29T06:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T06:41:07","slug":"pentagon-pete-accused-of-axing-general-over-a-grudge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2453","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Pete Accused of Axing General Over a \u2018Grudge\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>One Virginia senator thinks Pete Hegseth lets his personal feelings influence his decision-making.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2452\">Top Dem Injured in Multi-Car Crash After Driver Loses Consciousness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine appeared on CBS News\u2019s <i>Face the Nation<\/i> on Sunday morning to discuss the unceremonious ousting of decorated Army Gen. Christopher Donahue, which he said \u201ccaught us all by surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Kaine accused the self-styled \u201csecretary of war\u201d of letting his own personal ambitions influence his staffing choices\u2014a trend that has stretched throughout his tenure in the second Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAre you pushing out the truth tellers to surround yourself by yes-men? And in particular, it looks like the secretary is coming down hardest\u2026 on the Army,&#8221; Kaine, 68, told host Margaret Brennan. \u201cHe served in the Army; he felt like he wasn\u2019t treated well by the Army; that\u2019s a grudge he\u2019s carried that he\u2019s described publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, when you see Army officers forced out, you\u2019ve got to wonder, is this a personal thing, or is it really what\u2019s best for the nation?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Reached for comment, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell told the Daily Beast in a statement: \u201cGeneral officers and flag officers serve at the pleasure of the President and the Secretary of War. They always have and always will.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donahue, 56, served as the head of U.S. Army Europe and Africa for only 18 months before submitting his retirement papers, according to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>The former Delta Force commander, who was the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan in 2021, had clashed with Hegseth before choosing to step down, CBS News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Army thanked Donahue for his leadership in a statement and said that he would \u201crelinquish command\u201d on July 2. It added that he would be replaced as head of U.S. Army Europe and Africa by his deputy commander, Maj. Gen. Christopher Norrie.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2450\">Murdoch Paper Bashes Trump\u2019s Crumbling Deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe spokesperson Col. Martin O\u2019Donnell also said that Donahue will hand over acting control of NATO\u2019s Allied Land Command, a three-star position, to its deputy commander, British Army Lt. Gen. Jez Bennett, according to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working on the defense bill right now. We have voted it out of the Senate Armed Services Committee,\u201d Kaine said about Hegseth\u2019s firing habit. \u201cThere is nothing in the bill, at this point, that could address the situation, but when we bring it up on the floor, I think by then, we\u2019ll have some of our questions answered, and if we need to go [further] to put some guardrails in place, you\u2019ll probably find bipartisan support to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth, 46, has made sweeping staffing changes to the U.S. military during his short stint as defense secretary, which many have criticized as politically motivated.<\/p>\n<p>Among the celebrated senior officials that Hegseth has axed include Navy Secretary John Phelan, Gen. Randy George, Gen. David Hodne, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, Maj. Gen. William Green Jr., and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, among over a dozen other ranking officers.<\/p>\n<p>The former <i>Fox &amp; Friends Weekend<\/i> host has also come under fire for blocking the promotions of around two dozen senior Black and female officers.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth\u2019s decision to oust Donahue has angered those on both sides of the political spectrum, with GOP Sen. Thom Tillis saying the Cabinet official made an \u201cunforced error\u201d by pushing him out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not reinvigorating the warrior ethos. This is not a leader prioritizing merit. It\u2019s sophomoric. It\u2019s unserious. And it\u2019s bringing great harm to our Department of Defense,\u201d the North Carolina senator, 65, said in a post on X on Thursday. \u201cOur military deserves steady, serious civilian leadership. Right now, it\u2019s getting the opposite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2448\">Trump\u2019s Empty State Fair Eviscerated After Embarrassing Typo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One Virginia senator thinks Pete Hegseth lets his personal feelings influence his decision-making. Read more Top Dem Injured in Multi-Car Crash After Driver Loses Consciousness Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine appeared on CBS News\u2019s Face the Nation on Sunday morning to discuss the unceremonious ousting of decorated Army Gen. 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