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Navy chief says he would follow Trump's instructions on Navy SEAL
Source: Washington Post
Navy chief says he would follow Trump’s instructions on Navy SEAL
By Karen DeYoung and Dan Lamothe
11/23/2019, 7:11:00 p.m
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer said Saturday that he would comply with any order by President Trump regarding the case of a Navy SEAL whose continuance in the elite unit is being reviewed by the service after a controversial murder charge.
“I work at the pleasure of the president,” Spencer said, denying reports that he has threatened to resign. “I do not interpret what the president does. I do what he says.”
But Spencer said he did not consider a presidential tweet to be an order.
His statement, made on the margins of an international security conference in this Canadian maritime city, came as Trump’s interventions this past week in three military court cases have unsettled many at the Pentagon, who voiced concerns about the president undermining the military justice system.
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By Karen DeYoung and Dan Lamothe
11/23/2019, 7:11:00 p.m
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer said Saturday that he would comply with any order by President Trump regarding the case of a Navy SEAL whose continuance in the elite unit is being reviewed by the service after a controversial murder charge.
“I work at the pleasure of the president,” Spencer said, denying reports that he has threatened to resign. “I do not interpret what the president does. I do what he says.”
But Spencer said he did not consider a presidential tweet to be an order.
His statement, made on the margins of an international security conference in this Canadian maritime city, came as Trump’s interventions this past week in three military court cases have unsettled many at the Pentagon, who voiced concerns about the president undermining the military justice system.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/navy-chief-says-he-would-follow-trumps-instructions-on-navy-seal/2019/11/23/0c18c66c-0e31-11ea-97ac-a7ccc8dd1ebc_story.html
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. . .he should not be given any assignments of consequence.
Somehow, I severely doubt any SEAL team would accept him now. He'd be a hazard to any mission at this point.
