India, June 29 -- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has forced out one of the most decorated generals in American military history, a Delta Force commander, the man famously photographed as the last US soldier to board a plane out of Afghanistan, and senators from both parties are now openly accusing him of acting on a deeply personal grudge rather than any credible military rationale.

Four-star General Chris "C.D." Donahue, 56, who as the Army's chief official in Europe and Africa had been instrumental in helping Ukraine repel Russia's invasion, filed to retire and will leave his post within days. He had once been tipped to run the entire Army. Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia put it plainly on CBS News's Face the Nation: "He served in the...