To: Steve_Seattle
They are trying to make a story out of nothing. The DC NG commander sends a resignation letter every election cycle. It is usually submitted 30 days prior so as to ensure a smooth transition. Bush appointed him, Obama returned his resignation letter and kept him on. Trump accepted his resignation.
When Trump accepted his resignation the Pentagon issues an order that officially relieves him from duty. The article is trying to make it sound he was ordered to resign. Play on words.
45 posted on
01/13/2017 5:29:27 PM PST by
PJammers
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: PJammers
I could be wrong, but I swear the original story - which I thought I read in its entirety - made no mention of the letters of resignation or of the Trump transition team. The (Washington Post) story as it appears now has a time stamp sometime after I made my original comments, so it might have been modified.
This is, I think, why the original story caused so much confusion - it either left out key facts, or those facts were buried so deep in the story that a lot of people missed them.
The original story made it sound like the general's termination came out of the blue, and that he had no idea what was going on.
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