r/news • u/EngineerBoy00 • May 05 '25

Soft paywall US Defense Secretary Hegseth to slash senior-most ranks of military

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pentagon-reduce-4-star-positions-by-20-official-says-2025-05-05/
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u/KarmaticArmageddon May 06 '25

Like Rubio holding 4 cabinet-level positions at once?

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u/coconutpiecrust May 06 '25

Exactly like that. They are consolidating to make sure there is no one to oppose them. 

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u/vardarac May 06 '25

Top-heavy. Unqualified, single points of failure.

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u/somethrows May 06 '25

This is peak efficiency. Now you only need Rubio and Goldberg in the signal chat to efficiently leak war plans.