Now-former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley took a parting shot at former President Donald Trump during his retirement ceremony Friday.
since before the release of the book, which also revealed that the general had another call with Li two days after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot to reassure China that US was “100 percent steady” even though “things may look unsteady.”for speaking out about his regret for joining the 45th president on a June 2020 walkabout through Lafayette Square after police deployed tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters there to clear the area.
Explaining the “unique” nature of the US military, the 65-year-old Milley emphasized that its members “don’t take an oath to an individual” in America.“… We will never turn our back on the Constitution — that is our North Star. That is who we are and that is why we fight.” Tuberville’s hold, which is in protest of a Pentagon policy to pay for troops’ out-of-state travel for reproductive services — including abortion and in-vitro fertilization — prevents the Senate Armed Services Committee from approving nominations in bulk by a unanimous vote.
“It’s thoroughly, totally unacceptable that more than 300 other highly qualified military officers are still in limbo,” he said. “… Their promotion, their careers, their families, their future, held hostage for the political agenda of one senator and the silence of another 47 of them.”new Chief of the Army Gen. Randy George and new Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Eric Smith
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