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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Madeline Sherratt

US army suspends commander after portraits of Trump and Hegseth flipped to face wall at base

The U.S. Army has suspended a female commander after portraits of President Donald Trump and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth were flipped to face the wall at her military base.

Col. Sheyla Baez-Ramirez was suspended from her post as Fort McCoy Garrison Commander at the Wisconsin base on April 18, “for administrative reasons”, a U.S. Army statement read Saturday. The military base has dismissed any claims suggesting she was responsible for flipping the pictures.

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