Escalation: Hegseth Blocks Six More Army Officer Promotions
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed at least six Army officers from the list for promotion to two-star general. Another count puts the total at seven.
Two of the officers are Black and two are women. The move followed a similar action days earlier in which he blocked four Army officers from promotion to one-star rank. In July, Sens. Cory Booker and Brian Schatz asked the Pentagon inspector general to investigate his promotion blocks.
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