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"..."Rep. Don Bacon, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told CNN on Sunday that the firings at the Pentagon and the reported campaign of Hegseth slow-walking or denying promotions to senior officers, disproportionately women and people of color, was harming America’s fighting forces.

His comments follow another surprise resignation at the Pentagon. General Chris Donahue is stepping down as commander of U.S. forces in Africa and Europe after just a year and a half in the job, opting for retirement. Donahue was the U.S. commander who oversaw the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan during the Biden administration, boarding the last plane out of Hamid Karzai International Airport.

“I think it’s caused damage to the Pentagon, to our overall military,” Bacon said of the firings of around two dozen senior commanders, including the head of U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Timothy Haugh, whom he called “irreplaceable.” “I think it’s politicized the process [of promotions] unnecessarily,” he continued. “The way he’s done [firings], it’s wholesale, and I think it’s hurt the military.”..."