Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse was fired as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency the same week the Air Force's top general hastily retired.

Air Force Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, was dismissed from his role after his agency produced a report contradicting Trump's claim that U.S. strikes had "obliterated" Iran's nuclear program. General Kruse was appointed by the Biden administration.

Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, who had led the military intelligence agency since February 2024, “will no longer serve as DIA Director,” a senior Defense Official told The Post.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of U.S. damage to Iran nuclear sites angered President Donald Trump.

Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has been fired, prompting criticism from a Democratic senator who views it as politicizing intelligence. The move follows other removals of senior officials seen as at odds with President Trump,

Virginia U.S. Senator and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark R. Warner released the following statement on the firing of General Jeffrey Kruse as Director of the Defense Intell

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a top Pentagon official whose preliminary report on damage to Iran’s nuclear sites by U.S. strikes allegedly angered President Donald Trump. From February 2024 until Friday,

In a statement, Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, called it "unsurprising" that Kruse would step down after challenging the president's narrative on the bombing.