Georgia Republican says ouster of Gen. George will have ‘chilling effect’ on military 

Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) said during a hearing on Wednesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent ouster of Gen. Randy George, the U.S. Army’s chief of staff, will have a “chilling effect” on the way the armed services operate. 

Scott, who praised George as “well respected, well liked by many of us,” asked Gen. Christopher C. LaNeve, the acting Army chief of staff, why his predecessor was removed earlier this month. 

“That’s a question for Secretary Hegseth,” LaNeve, who was Hegseth’s senior military assistant at the Pentagon last year, said in response. “I’ve been the vice for a couple of months now. We honored the service of General George and his wife.” 

“I would like for Secretary Hegseth to answer the reason why they were dismissed. And I think that the way General George and his wife Patty were treated will have a chilling effect on the way our services operate in the future,” Scott said during the House Armed Services subcommittee hearing on “Military Readiness for FY27.” 

When reached for comment, the Pentagon pointed The Hill to department’s chief spokesperson, Sean Parnell’s statement confirming........

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