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Top Pentagon Official Resigns Early
Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar, the senior legal counsel to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine, is resigning nearly a year ahead of schedule for personal reasons. This follows other high-ranking officials leaving or being pushed out since the start of the second Trump administration.
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The Hill
The senior legal counsel to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine is stepping down nearly a year ahead of schedule, the latest top official to leave or be pushed out of the Pentagon since the start of the second Trump administration. Brig. Gen. Eric Widmar told ProPublica he was leaving “for p
2026-07-08 23:48 UTC