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Saturday, November 23, 2019

A Principled Stance

It's reported today that Richard Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, is strongly considering resigning.  Several of his colleagues say he will do so if Donald Trump signs an order to end a probe by the Navy of alleged war crimes.

On Thursday, Mr. Trump involved himself  in the case of Navy SEAL Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, who's been accused of murdering a wounded ISIS militant in Iraq in 2017. Gallagher was acquitted of this crime by a military court, but found guilty of posing with the dead prisoner's body.

Without a written order from the Commander in Chief, the Navy plans to move forward with the review process.  Stay tuned ...

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