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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.
Spencers 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 Spencers 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.
Spencers 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.
Spencers spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/11/24/pentagon-chief-asks-navy-secretarys-resignation-over-private-proposal-navy-seals-case
Kaleva
(36,327 posts)triron
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(24,029 posts)Everything he touches turn to shit.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Response to tenderfoot (Original post)
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Midnight Writer
(21,786 posts)demmiblue
(36,875 posts)demmiblue
(36,875 posts)3catwoman3
(24,029 posts)...Spicer. Spicers gig at Dancing With The Stars is over, so he needs a new job.
Jewls2
(218 posts)but a take down of the man he was dissing. wow
Gothmog
(145,487 posts)bluestarone
(17,018 posts)Trade a Naval secretary for a GUILTY ASSHOLE! what a fucking world we live in. So proud that the Naval Sec won't BOW to king tRUMP tho!
Arazi
(6,829 posts)You realize that makes no sense right?
Esper is desperately trying to spin the narrative. It makes much more sense that Spencer wouldn't carry out #Traitor's order.
This whole thing stinks of Erik Prince tbh. I haven't figured it out yet but it reeks of his mercenary army and his desire to fill it with ex-military that are either shady af or outright criminals