{"id":43471,"date":"2026-04-16T19:24:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/16\/pentagon-leaders-get-to-pick-the-leaders-that-they-want-army-secretary-says-while-praising-ousted-top-general-politico\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T19:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T19:24:52","slug":"pentagon-leaders-get-to-pick-the-leaders-that-they-want-army-secretary-says-while-praising-ousted-top-general-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/16\/pentagon-leaders-get-to-pick-the-leaders-that-they-want-army-secretary-says-while-praising-ousted-top-general-politico\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon leaders &#8216;get to pick the leaders that they want,&#8217; Army secretary says while praising ousted top general &#8211; Politico"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxNYVMwZjMzU3pyM2RTelNDZktPSWR1Q1JFVGg1UkxNZnc2cnpiSGVjRlFLZXNWVmo1TS1qS1RQaEtoRDlmNGlzNmJyTk9jOVI2eW9MYktGSlR5djZkYkJBTS1OSmN1Q3BUc25HN2NvQ1NjVDdNOWpwTDFia2FMSFpiVTVLZU5nNUN4RC1wVG9FU2ZERFNVX3c?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon leaders &#8216;get to pick the leaders that they want,&#8217; Army secretary says while praising ousted top general<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxQRnBsVW03dEdJSUNXMDRFSktoNEE3ZERjaEtIb01Nc0FTLXFSRG0zU1ptZXhGbWMtbUx0ZThmRlUzNkpBcHdDT1hmYzVOUFU1YXc3ZVBOT2dmQ1l6cmczbzBxMkxoNlFGYk51am0zbkxxZ0JqYlZ3S3BoOVhsY05LdEl5UXdORlJBMXVfeDl0WWdVb1RUNGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Republicans in Congress back Army secretary amid clash with Hegseth<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Gen George\u2019s ouster looms large over Driscoll hearing<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Hill<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxPcFBJTGlyLWxXV2diYlJwSmx6RjJfTThfT3g4TGN1M1NqSXJqWDVHVFJsZkw0NW9QUXQ3MFUwWlZsTmJwZW9XNlZzemxPeHlaQ041QXhLZjBabXZKSGYtdTNjTTZwTFk1TjExUUVEUFlwRUN3UHYwUWNtMWdsMk9tb00wTG5ubkdlVzEyNFU4M1JWODR4czkzQUNTWUVSTjdtMFo2cTJyVkxUNzA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pete Hegseth\u2019s Pentagon is a lethality-maxxing wasps\u2019 nest<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Economist<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikAFBVV95cUxNZElYVWd5S3dyMHNSeklXMkRBS3JrY2Y2ak1KZGh5amRudzNrN3A4Z1NoSUtzY2FsbWI4RUtkeVR4bmtyOEZxUHBfa1I3MGZTMmVOS1F1aVBQaFRFdWhTZFlfYzIwT1hSWmxDc21ja0xFTmRFSVJYS3NOQTNHOFlKR2d1MnFQakItd3VqU3VaSVA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Army secretary praises general who was fired by Hegseth<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon leaders &#8216;get to pick the leaders that they want,&#8217; Army secretary says while praising ousted top general&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico Republicans in Congress back Army secretary amid&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/16\/pentagon-leaders-get-to-pick-the-leaders-that-they-want-army-secretary-says-while-praising-ousted-top-general-politico\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}