Army Secretary Dan Driscoll shared his support for Gen. Randy George, the ousted Army chief of staff, who was abruptly forced to retire by War Secretary Pete Hegseth earlier this month.

Driscoll told lawmakers during a Defense Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Thursday that he was with his children in North Carolina during their spring break when George was told to put in his resignation paperwork.

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