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 move comes weeks after the agency drafted a preliminary report contradicting President Trump’s contention that U.S. strikes had “obliterated” nuclear sites in Iran.

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.