Lt. General Jeffrey Kruse has been ousted as Defense Intelligence Agency director, a senior defense official confirmed Friday."Lt Gen Kruse will no longer serve as DIA Director," the official said in a brief statement.

The head of the US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and two other senior officers are being removed, officials said Friday -- the latest in a series of military firings this year.Other senior officers dismissed this year include the heads of the Navy and Coast Guard,

Air Force Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse was leading the Pentagon agency when it concluded that the U.S. military strikes in June set back Tehran’s nuclear program only by a few months.