GOP chairman Tom Cole: Randy George dismissal ‘a real loss’

Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) said that the ouster of the Army’s chief of staff, Gen. Randy George, is a “real loss” for the military during a hearing with Army Secretary Dan Driscoll. 

“I just want the record to reflect how much we regret. I personally regret, at least he’s no longer in active service. He’s a real loss to us, in my opinion,” Cole, the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, said Thursday morning. 

“But again, I’m sure the successor will be equally capable. We’ve had a long train of really fine officers from the army come, and I have high confidence that the successor will do well. But General George is a real loss, and I think Great American,” the chairman said during the House Defense Appropriations subcommittee hearing. 

George, who served more than four decades in the Army........

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