Hegseth fires the Pentagon's top military planner, Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia

Summary

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired the Pentagon's top military planner even as Trump considers new Iran strikes, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on Thursday 29 October, CNBC writing that Lieutenant General Brett Sylvia was removed as head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Sylvia was the second general under Hegseth to be removed from that post, PBS NewsHour reported, and The NY Times wrote that Hegseth accused Sylvia of leaking information to the news media, the firing being part of a broad and highly unusual campaign to find and punish senior military officers who speak to reporters.

Latest: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the Pentagon's top military planner, Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia, head of strategy, plans and policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, even as Trump considers new Iran strikes, The Philadelphia Inquirer, CNBC and PBS NewsHour reported, The NY Times writing that Hegseth had accused Sylvia of leaking information to the news media.

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