Trump administration fires top US general and Navy chief in unprecedented purge of military leadership - CNN
In an unprecedented purge of the military’s senior leadership Friday night, President Donald Trump fired the top US general just moments before his defense secretary fired the chief of the US Navy and the vice chief of the Air Force.

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