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Loomer told the president that Haugh specifically should be fired because he was handpicked by the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.
The New York Times |
The head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, was removed from his job on Thursday, according to the top Democrats on the congressional intelligence committe...
CBS News |
"I have known General Haugh to be an honest and forthright leader who followed the law and put national security first — I fear those are precisely the qualities that could lead to his firing in this...

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