Washington DC, Aug. 23 -- U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed three senior military officials in a sweeping shake-up of the Pentagon's leadership, furthering what appears to be a systematic purge of figures perceived to be out of step with President Donald Trump's national security approach.

Among those removed was Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), whose ousting came just weeks after a leaked DIA assessment contradicted Trump's claim that recent U.S. airstrikes had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear capabilities. The report instead concluded that the strikes had set back Iran's program by only a few months, prompting a wave of media coverage and fierce backlash from the White Hou...