Democratic lawmakers and retired military officers expressed concern about the politicization of the military under President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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The general made an impression in 2018 when he said, according to the president, that the Islamic State could be defeated in a week.

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The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., a four-star fighter pilot, upends a tradition in which the Joint Chiefs chairman traditionally remains in place as administrations change.

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The firings are the first of what is expected to be a vast wave of layoffs by the Pentagon.

The move would be a drastic escalation by the White House to militarize immigration enforcement.

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