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Do we know yet what happened there? >> so far, a senior defense official tells us that there were some allegations of some sort of inappropriate personal relationship engaged in by lieutenant general ron lewis. general lewis is well-known around the pentagon. he actually was the head of army public affairs until just earlier this year. so the pentagon press corps had a lot of interaction with him. we know him very well. he's also known -- he's very well respected. he skyrocketed up from a colonel in '06 to a three-star in literally a matter of months, in just over a year. >> wow. >> yeah. and ...

Nbc news national security adviser. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> there's this breaking news out of the pentagon about the defense secretary and the firing of his senior military assistant, who's a lieutenant general. do we know yet what happened there? >> so far, a senior defense official tells us that there were some allegations of some sort of inappropriate personal relationship engaged in by lieutenant general ron lewis. general lewis is well-known around the pentagon. he actually was the head of army public affairs until just earlier this year. so the pentagon p...

Official tells us that there were some allegations of some sort of inappropriate personal relationship engaged in by lieutenant general ron lewis. general lewis is well-known around the pentagon. he actually was the head of army public affairs until just earlier this year. so the pentagon press corps had a lot of interaction with him. we know him very well. he's also known -- he's very well respected. he skyrocketed up from a colonel in '06 to a three-star in literally a matter of months, in just over a year. >> wow. >> yeah. and of course, there's no set amount of time that an officer would g...