Richard Haass on Pete Hegseth Retiring Gen. Randy George in the Middle of a War: ‘It‘s Disappointing,’ He’s a Good Man

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HAASS: “It‘s disappointing. Randy George is a good, good man. Really professional soldier. I got to know him when he was a military fellow during my years at the Council on Foreign Relations. And to have this kind of turbulence, this is not a one-off. We‘ve had extraordinary turbulence at the highest level of the U.S. Military. It‘s hard to avoid, Jake, the conclusion that all sorts of politics are being injected into military selection, promotion and also early retirement. And that‘s never a good sign. I expect that in other countries, not in this one. This is the most professional, successful institution, one could argue, in this country. And we‘re in the process of changing that for the worse.”