⭕️ Breaking: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed out the Pentagon's top war planner, the general serving as J-5, the chief of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Staff, The Atlantic's Nancy Youssef reported Wednesday.
It's the second J-5 forced out under Hegseth, according to Fox News' Jennifer Griffin. Lt. Gen. Joe McGee was pushed out of the post last October amid tensions with Hegseth, CNN reported at the time.
It leaves the Joint Staff serving Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine without its chief planner as the US weighs resuming strikes on Iran, Griffin noted.
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