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Firing fears ripple through "Mean Girls" Pentagon

<p>Breakfast meetings, happy hours and group chats across Washington are abuzz with the same question: Who gets axed next?</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The ousters this month of U.S. Navy Secretary <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/22/navy-secretary-john-phelan-hu

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Firing fears ripple through "Mean Girls" Pentagon<p>Breakfast meetings, happy hours and group chats across Washington are abuzz with the same question: Who gets axed next?</p><p><strong>The big picture: </strong>The ousters this month of U.S. Navy Secretary <a href="https://www.axios.com/2026/04/22/navy-secretary-john-phelan-hu
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