GOP rep on Hegseth firing Army chief of staff: ‘I will look into it immediately’

Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) on Thursday said he will “immediately” look into Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s recent decision to fire Army chief of staff Gen. Randy George.

“That would be very surprising to me,” McCormick told Newsmax’s Ed Henry, seemingly perplexed by the news. “I would look into it immediately because those are people I know very well.” 

Hegseth asked George, whose four-year term would not have been up until 2027, to step down and immediately retire, according to a Pentagon official who spoke to The Hill on Thursday.

McCormick, who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, called the former chief of staff a “brilliant mind” and said he’d be “very curious to know why” the Biden appointee had been fired. 

“I’ve never heard him say anything contrary to what the president’s trying to achieve,” the Georgia Republican said. “I thought he’s........

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