Posted on 11/24/2019 2:10:40 PM PST by jazusamo
Defense Secretary Mark T. Esper asked for the resignation of Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer on Sunday after losing confidence in him over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes in Iraq, the Pentagon said.
Spencer’s resignation came in the wake of the controversial case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL who was accused of war crimes on a 2017 deployment. He was acquitted of murder but convicted in July of posing with the corpse of a captive.
Esper asked for Spencer’s resignation after learning that he had privately proposed to White House officials that if they did not interfere with proceedings against Gallagher, then Spencer would ensure that Gallagher was able to retire as a Navy SEAL, with his Trident insignia.
Spencer’s private proposal to the White House — which he did not share with Esper over the course of several conversations about the matter — contradicted his public position on the Gallagher case, chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.
Esper said in the statement that he was “deeply troubled by this conduct.”
“Unfortunately, as a result I have determined that Secretary Spencer no longer has my confidence to continue in his position," Esper said. "I wish Richard well.”
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I know the difference. Article didn’t.
Hmmm...why would this guy double-deal over this? Makes no sense to me. This Gallagher guy must have PO’ed the wrong people!
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The navy is strange. Maybe this guy caught something exotic at Pattiya Beach?
More likely Trump jerked Esper’s chain real hard or he would have stood by and let Green retaliate against Trump’s pardon of Gallagher. I wouldn’t trust Esper as far as I could throw him.
Not a correct analogy at all. It’s one thing to listen to your commanders on the ground and to defer to their military expertise, quite another to defy your Commander in Chief over an administrative matter that is railroading a decorators SEAL. Either way, the military defers to the civilian leadership in all cases. That is what makes our military different from that of a dictatorship or a banana republic.
Really? Please, name one.
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His name was Robbie, can’t remember his last name.
He became the go to guy as the need to integrate systems analysis into Navy activities became apparent. There is a Navy at sea that does the fighting but there is a truly vast population of both sailors and civilians that keeps the ships afloat and well supplied
WINNING. Drain more of the swamp. And you can be sure if this happened under Obama, Obama would also fire this person.
I am a contractor working with active duty military people and the the only comments I’ve heard today are positive for President Trump. Just saying.
> Esper asked for Spencer’s resignation after learning that he had privately proposed to White House officials that if they did not interfere with proceedings against Gallagher, then Spencer would ensure that Gallagher was able to retire as a Navy SEAL, with his Trident insignia. Spencer’s private proposal to the White House — which he did not share with Esper over the course of several conversations about the matter — contradicted his public position on the Gallagher case...
Obviously President Trump is guilty of *treason*!!! /sarc
William McRaven - Extortion 1-7 .....
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