Pentagon Pete’s Bigoted Reason for Firing Top General Leaks
April 3, 2026
The Daily Beast
Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesThe alarming reason behind Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth pushing out the U.S. Army’s highest-ranking officer during wartime has been leaked.Hegseth, 45, asked Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George, 61, to quit his role and take immediate retirement, according to reporting by CBS News on Thursday. That was followed by Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell releasing a statement on X that read, “General Randy A.
George will be retiring from his position as the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army effective immediately. The Department of War is grateful for General George’s decades of service to our nation. We wish him well in his retirement.”Read more at The Daily Beast.
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