NEW: Marine generals celebrated internal emails leaking as frustration with Trump and Congress grew: Sources
The Marine Corps’ top generals praised leaked internal memos underscoring the severe living conditions of military families and the service’s financial strain in funding unplanned fiscal obligations from both the White House and Congress.
The generals smirked about the memos and told the room of officers the leak was not necessarily bad because you have to look out for your Marines and families. US Marine Corps Commandant General Robert Neller speaks during a discussion at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC, January 25, 2018. SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
Neller, the Marine commandant, has been frustrated with his budget for fiscal year 2019 since it began this past October—the same month his commander-in-chief surprised the Defense Department with mobilizations to the southwest border amid claims of four migrant caravans barreling towards the U.S.-Mexico border. The president described it as an invasion, a description which stood in stark contrast to U.S. Army North intelligence assessments obtained by Newsweek.
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