# Hegseth announces 20% cut to US generals and admirals as retired officers react

https://mins.news/en/video/80996

- CNN, 2026-09-30 20:56 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JIzbmxjqQc

> Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in his “State of the Force” address that the U.S. military will cut 20% of its general and admiral positions—about 170 slots—by January 1. He described the personnel shift with phrases including “ideological clowns” and “patriotic cowboys.”

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