US Navy leaders oppose Trump, threaten to resign

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News ID: 44298
Publish Date: 9:35 - 24 November 2019
TEHRAN, Nov 24_American Navy leaders have threatened to resign if plans to review Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher's conduct are halted over a tweet by President Donald Trump, a report says.

US Navy leaders oppose Trump, threaten to resignTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club(YJC)_Navy secretary, Richard Spencer and the commander, Rear Adm. Collin Green both threatened to quit if plans to hold a review to decide if Gallagher should be expelled in a war crimes case would be halted, The New York Times reported Saturday.

“The Navy will NOT be taking away Warfighter and Navy Seal Eddie Gallagher’s Trident Pin,” Trump tweeted this week. “This case was handled very badly from the beginning. Get back to business!”

Gallagher, 40, was convicted in July of posing for pictures with a corpse of a Daesh militant during a 2017 deployment in Iraq.

 

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