{"id":241275,"date":"2025-05-06T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/retired-general-reacts-to-hegseths-order-to-cut-the-senior-general-staff\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T18:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:00:08","slug":"retired-general-reacts-to-hegseths-order-to-cut-the-senior-general-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/retired-general-reacts-to-hegseths-order-to-cut-the-senior-general-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired general reacts to Hegseth\u2019s order to cut the senior general staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/QcVtMjarzpM\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Retired general reacts to Hegseth\u2019s order to cut the senior general staff\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QcVtMjarzpM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leadership to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals by at least 20% across the military, according to a memo signed by Hegseth obtained by CNN. As of 2023, there were 37 four-star generals and admirals across the entire military. Retired Major General James &quot;Spider&quot; Marks weighs in.  #CNN #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered senior Pentagon leadership to cut the number of four-star generals and admirals by at least 20% across the military, according to a memo signed by Hegseth obtained by CNN. As of 2023, there were 37 four-star generals and admirals across the entire military. 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