General Chris 'C. D.' Donahue was the last U.S. soldier to leave Afghanistan during the chaotic 2021 withdrawal. As the head of Army forces in Europe and Africa, he has helped bolster Ukraine in its fight to repel the Russian invasion. Now Donahue has become the latest casualty in Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's purge of the military's senior ranks. Donahue's abrupt departure, after just 18 months in his role, is another sign of the upheaval. He was widely seen as one of the Army's rising stars'a legendary Delta Force leader who was considered a top candidate for Army chief of staff or even chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff'having distinguished himself in wars of the past two decades. But Hegseth has sought to oust anyone who doesn't fit his idea of a military leader, including those involved in the calamitous American exit from Kabul under President Biden'no matter how well they performed there. Donahue is expected to announce as soon as tomorrow that he will be relinquishing...
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