I’m sorry - I need an interpreter for this...”leadership” is who and “knock it off” was said by who to who? Must be too early in the morning for me...
“”Two Navy officials told CNN on Wednesday that the White House Military Office had asked lower-level US Navy officials about keeping the ship out of view — an impractical request as the ship was under repair, one of the officials said.
“Once leadership heard about it, they said knock it off,” a senior Navy official told CNN.””
Means the e-mail from the White House military office went to some LT-LTC (O-3, O-4). When the word went up the chain of command to a Captain-Rear Admiral (O-6, O-7) they told them we’re not doing that.
This tells me that the suggestion didn’t originate with the President. An O-5 or O-6 is not going to disregard a suggestion from the President. Some minor functionary in the WHMO got the idea that the McCain should be out of site and did this on their own. They should be fired. The ship is named after three generations of naval officers who served honorably, no matter what we think ofJohn McCain’s actions as a politician. This was a slap in the face to them and the crew.