Secretary of the Defense of Pete Hegsetth defended The release of President Donald Trump “Wake up” and Pentagon officials, saying that “status quo” on Ministry of Defense “Failed” and that “it’s time for fresh blood.”
This comes after Trump has made a series of changes in the best leadership of Pentagon last week, including the release of the common chairs of Charles Brown chairs and announcing that he will be replaced by a retired Lieutenant -General Dan “Rasin” Caine.
Trump also dismissed the main leader of the Navy, Admiral Lisa Franchetti, Vice President of the Air Force General James Slife and the judge of the army advocates of the army, navy and aviation.
In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Hegsetth said these changes were “a reflection of the president who wants to make people around him to make access to the national security we want to take.”
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Talking about the General of the Judge Professor, Hegsetth said that just like the chairman of the common heads of headquarters, and military positions traditionally filled “a small group of isolated officers who perpetuate the status quo.”
“Well, guess what, the status quo didn’t work well in the pentagon,” he said. “It’s time for fresh blood, so we will open these positions with a wider set in a process based on merit.”
In response to criticism of Democrats and MediaHegsetth denied that the shootings were part of any political cleansing, saying, “No cleansing” and “Nothing about it is unprecedented.”
“There is a civilian army control,” he said. “The president deserves to choose his key team for national security and military counseling. There are many presidents who have changed from FDR -AU Eisenhower to HW Bush in Barack Obamawho released – or rejected – hundreds of army [officials] During his first term. “
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The Ministry of Defense was ordered to make plans for reducing the budget reduction according to Trump’s administration order. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images)
Hegsetth pointed out that out of 160 generals with three and four stars in the military, Trump only rejected or moved a total of six.
He also criticized what he called “inflation in ranks” over time. “
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“We won the Second World War with seven four -star generals, today we have 44, we have 163 three -star generals and have we created better outcomes or not?” he asked. “We cause many assumptions in Pentagon to simplify what we do to get warriors as many resources as possible.”
“There is nothing in cleaning, there is nothing illegal, we answered from the beginning,” he explained. “The army will be apolitical, with the loyalty of the Constitution, ready to close and destroy our enemies.”
