Retired defense and military officials have condemned former President Donald Trump's statement that Gen. Mark Milley, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be executed.
Trump has repeatedly attacked Milley since the former left office in January 2021, often rebuking the chairman, whom he nominated for his position, for how Milley conducted himself in the lead-up to and after the 2020 presidential election. The former president has continued to claim without proof that the election was stolen from him and has not conceded.In particular, Trump referenced a call Milley made with his Chinese counterpart during the Capitol riot on Jan.
Retired Vice Adm. Robert Murrett, who served as the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency from 2006 to 2010, told the Washington Examiner that the comments"obviously are out of line" and defended Milley's service as both the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as well as throughout his more than four decades in the Army.
"He is the senior military adviser. He's not a commander of forces. He's the guy that provides advice to the secretary of defense and the president, and he also coordinates and oversees all the combatant commanders. So, you know, throwing the blame on him for all sorts of things that have occurred in government just seems to be malicious and, certainly, as I said before, vile," Hertling said."And even if they did know what Gen.
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