BREAKING: US Defense secretary has fired the Navy secretary over handling of the case of a SEAL who had faced war crime charges; President Trump had previously intervened in the SEAL's case.
Navy Secretary Richard Spencer was fired Sunday by Defense Secretary Mike Esper, who ordered that a Navy SEAL acquitted of accused of murder be allowed to remain in the elite commando corps, the Defense Department said.by tweet that Chief Petty Officer Eddie Gallagher retain the gold Trident insignia signifying his status as a member of the Sea, Air, and Land Teams, or SEALs.
The Navy sought to eject Gallagher and four other sailors from the SEALs after Trump intervened to direct that Gallagher not be demoted following his conviction of havingEsper directed that Gallagher retain his Trident pin, said Alyssa Farah, the chief Defense Department spokeswoman. Esper proposed that retired Navy Adm. Kenneth Braithwaite, the U.S. ambassador to Norway, be considered to succeed Spencer.
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