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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, who served as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. “Lt. Gen. Kruse will no longer serve as DIA Director,” a senior defense ...

Editor’s note: This report has been updated with additional reporting by The Associated Press. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S.

Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse became the 23rd DIA director in 2023 after serving as director of intelligence for the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, dismissed Friday as ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May ...

The move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting President Trump’s contention that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in Iran. By Julian E. Barnes and Eric ...

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse has been ousted as Defense Intelligence Agency director, a senior defense official confirmed Friday. "Lt Gen Kruse will no longer serve as DIA Director," the official said in a ...

WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage to Iranian nuclear sites from U.S. strikes angered President Donald Trump, ...