The top U.S. general said on Monday that as far as he was concerned the case of a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq was now closed, a day after Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired the Navy's top civilian over the saga. Esper fired Navy Secretary Richard Spencer on Sunday over
ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT - The top U.S. general said on Monday that as far as he was concerned the case of a Navy SEAL convicted of battlefield misconduct in Iraq was now closed, a day after Defense Secretary Mark Esper fired the Navy's top civilian over the saga.
"I think at this point the secretary of defense has made decisions the case is now, in my view, it is closed," Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a small group of reporters. He was speaking during a trip to the Middle East. " has made decisions for good reasons, that are within his power to make decisions, and I'll support the secretary of defense in those decisions," Milley said.
"The secretary of defense, President of the United States, are all part of the process and made a decision, as far as I'm concerned, it is case closed now and it is time to move on and address the national security of the United States," Milley said.
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