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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has been circulating a list to congressional Republicans with names of top military generals and officers he is interested in firing, Fox News has learned.
Among the names on the list are Admiral Lisa Franchetti, the current Chief of Naval Operations and the second woman to be promoted to a four-star Admiral in the Navy’s history, a senior official said.
“She is one of the folks on the list,” the official said.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attends a NATO Defence Ministers meeting at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, Belgium last week. (REUTERS/Yves Herman)
So far, the list contains a “handful of names,” but it may not be the final version. It has been conveyed to Republican members of Congress, not Democrats.
Several top Republicans on the Armed Services Committee said they heard about the list, but had not seen it themselves.
“I may have heard a rumor, but I’m not going to speculate on rumors,” Senate Armed Services Committee Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) told Fox. “No one has approached me about such a list other than people asking me questions.”
Hegseth was slated to travel to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to conduct a media interview Friday, but the trip has been postponed until Tuesday.
Some officials have taken the postponement to be another sign that firings could be imminent. Late Friday is often the time that firings are announced in Washington.
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Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Lisa Franchetti on Thursday, May 23, 2024 — (Photo by: Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images) (Getty Images)
During her tenure, Franchetti commanded two aircraft carrier strike groups in the Pacific and served as the commander of U.S. Naval Forces Korea. She also served as the deputy chief of naval operations for warfighting development, and director for…
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