# Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders for ‘insubordination’

https://mins.news/en/item/29030

- DW, 2026-08-22 02:55 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.dw.com/en/pentagon-fires-military-newspaper-leadership-for-insubordination/a-78466373?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

> The Pentagon fired Stars and Stripes editor-in-chief Erik Slavin, publisher Max Lederer and reporter Lara Korte after they publicly objected to possible editorial interference. The military newspaper receives partial Defense Department funding but has remained editorially independent.

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