A three-star general who held a position on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff left the War Department earlier this month due to “sustained” tensions with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine, reported CNN.
Lt. Gen. Joe McGee, the director for Strategy, Plans, and Policy on the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repeatedly “pushed back” against Hegseth and Caine on several issues, including the Russia-Ukraine war and recent airstrikes in the Caribbean, where the U.S. military has targeted vessels U.S. officials say are linked to drug trafficking operations.
“He has had a target on his back for a while now,” a source told CNN of McGee.
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