In the latest shake-up under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, a number of policy advisers from previous administrations have been ousted from the Pentagon.
The dismissals, announced Friday, come amid growing concerns about leaks at the Pentagon—an issue which led to the dismissal of three members of Hegseth’s inner circle in April.
Hegseth scrubbed the Defense Policy Board, which includes longtime DoD figures, such as Susan Rice, Michele Flournoy, and Eric Edelman. The Defense Policy Board’s government webpage, which previously displayed their names, no longer does.
Rice was a political appointee under three Democrat presidential administrations, including serving as a top domestic policy adviser to then-President Joe Biden.
Flournoy served as undersecretary of defense for policy under
