Letting Pentagon staff go in considerable numbers creates 'leadership void': 4-star general
MSNBC·2026-04-23 20:22
THE PENTAGON, WHAT DOES IT DO AFTER ALL, THE GUY DIDN'T HAVE THAT MUCH EXPERIENCE TO BEGIN WITH. YEAH, WELL, LOOK, I think there's no great loss. The service secretaries, by law, actually have no impact whatsoever on military operations, which all go through the secretary of defense and directly to the combatant commanders, the four-star admirals and generals globally who are running U .S.military operations. So I don't think it's impacted on the war at all. Now, firing the Army chief of staff, General Rand ...