June 24, 2026 - Gov Brief Today

What Happened Today – June 23, 2026

June 24, 2026 by George Bounacos

Green night-vision photo of Gen. Chris Donahue walking to a C-17, the last American soldier to leave Afghanistan, Kabul, 2021

Gen. Chris Donahue, the last American soldier out of Afghanistan, stepped aboard the final C-17 from Kabul in 2021, five years before Pete Hegseth pushed him out of the Army. (U.S. Army photo by Master Sgt. Alexander Burnett)

General Chris Donahue was at the Pentagon on 9/11 and the last American soldier out of Kabul, and Pete Hegseth is forcing him out of the Army. Hegseth downgraded Donahue’s command from four stars to three. He did not demote the general; he demoted the job, and a four-star general with no four-star job has … Read more