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Hegseth dismisses Pentagon planner amid unverified leak allegations

CBS Pittsburgh's brief Washington report distinguishes the firing from an official's allegations involving classified information about Iran and Ukraine.

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CBS Pittsburgh Story of October 30, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 79,508 views a day, 37 times a normal first day on this channel (2,155).

Hegseth fires Pentagon's top military planner over what official says were leaks to media

CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports that allegations behind the dismissal of the Pentagon's top military planner have been referred to the Justice Department. CBS has not independently verified those allegations.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired the planner, several sources confirmed to CBS News. An anonymous Pentagon official said the dismissal involved accusations of sharing classified information with the media about the Iran and Russia-Ukraine wars. D'Agata also reports the official's account that the planner failed polygraph tests. Those statements remain attributed allegations, not established findings of wrongdoing.

The Short drew roughly 37,000 views in seven hours on CBS Pittsburgh, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for that format. It is a notably fast start for a national-security report on the Pittsburgh station's channel.

The report also explains the scope of the job: directing strategy, plans and policy for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. D'Agata places the dismissal within a broader turnover of senior military leadership under Hegseth.

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