Calgary Herald

ACCOMPANYI­NG TRUMP A MISTAKE: MILITARY CHIEF

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The top U.S. military officer on Thursday said he should not have joined President Donald Trump as he walked from the White House to a nearby church for a photo opportunit­y after authoritie­s cleared the way of protesters using tear gas and rubber bullets.

“I should not have been there,” Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said. “My presence in that moment and in that environmen­t created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics,” he said in a pre-recorded video commenceme­nt address to the National Defense University.

“As a commission­ed uniformed officer, it was a mistake that I have learned from, and I sincerely hope we all can learn from it,” Milley said, but stopped short of apologizin­g outright.

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