# Top US general fired as Trump plans to resume strikes on Iran

https://mins.news/en/video/121719

- ABC News, 2026-10-30 00:26 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Apns-r2xBHA

> Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired a senior Pentagon general who said he had been accused of leaking classified information about the wars in Iran and Ukraine to journalists.

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