Gen. Milley Key to Military Continuity as Biden Takes Office

When you get to work with the men and women of our Armed Services day in and day out, you can’t help but believe that we have a sacred obligation to them. I will ensure that when our service members return home we take care of them the way they took care of us.

Gen. Mark Milley, America’s top general, has apologized for appearing in combat fatigues with President Trump after the forceful dispersal of protesters outside the White House last week, saying the move was a “mistake."

Gen. Mark Milley: “I should not have been there. My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics. As a commissioned uniformed officer, it was a mistake that I have learned from...”

The Joint Chiefs chairman said his presence and the photographs compromised his commitment to a military divorced from politics

Good for Gen. Milley. A welcome contrast to Trump, who never apologizes for anything.

More Milley mea culpa for his walk in fatigues across Lafayette Square after protesters were moved with chemical irritants: “My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.”

BREAKING: Army Gen. Mark Milley, the nation's top military officer, says he was wrong to have accompanied President Trump on a walk to a church through Lafayette Square, where he was photographed in his combat uniform with the presidential entourage.

Chmn of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley in pre-recorded speech to grads from National Defense Univ. on Lafayette Square: “I should not have been there. My presence in that moment and in that environment created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics”

Milley said his presence “created a perception of the military involved in domestic politics.” https://t.co/0JAnaBlRGS

JUST IN: Gen. Mark Milley, America’s top general, has apologized for appearing in combat fatigues with President Trump after the forceful dispersal of protesters outside the White House last week, saying the move was a “mistake."

Milley says he was wrong to accompany Trump on church walk

BREAKING: The nation's top military official apologizes for taking part in Pres. Donald Trump's walk from the White House to St. John's Church for a controversial photo op.

We should note, GEN Milley apologized at a graduation of the National Defense University. A school I went to. The audience was senior government leaders - military Colonels and Captains, interagency executives - studying national security. The exact right audience.

Here’s the top military official in the U.S., the chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, saying it was a mistake for him to be seen walking with POTUS, across Lafayette square, for a photo op in front of a D.C. church. Here he explains why it was a mistake.

Leadership is knowing when to admit wrongdoings and stand up for what's right. I applaud General Milley for his respectful words, and agree that we should not have a military presence at peaceful protests.