The Pentagon will be axing around 800 flag and general officer positions by next year, doubling Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s planned cuts to 20%.
Host Robin Young unpacks the impact of the announcement with retired Army Brig. Gen. Ty Seidule, who is also a professor of history at Hamilton College in New York.
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