Posted on 06/02/2020 9:17:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A Department of Defense adviser resigned, effective immediately, from the military's science board citing what he believed to be a violation of conduct from Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
In his resignation letter, James Miller Jr., the former under secretary of defense for policy from 2012 to 2014, recalled that he swore an oath of office to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States ... and to bear true faith and allegiance to the same," similar to what the defense secretary had done before he took office.
"On Monday, June 1, 2020, I believe that you violated that oath," Miller wrote in his letter to Esper, which was obtained by The Washington Post.
Miller's reasoning centered around President Donald Trump's controversial visit to St. John's Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, on Monday, where he posed with a Bible for photographs as protesters in the surrounding area were hit with smoke canisters and pepper balls at the event, according to the United States Park Police.
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal bishop, described the scene to CNN and The Washington Post as an "abuse of sacred symbols" amid a "a backdrop for a message antithetical to the teachings of Jesus and everything that our churches stand for."
Esper, along with US Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was also present during the visit.
"Law-abiding protesters just outside the White House were dispersed using tear gas and rubber bullets — not for the sake of safety, but to clear a path for a presidential photo op," Miller wrote. "You then accompanied President Trump in walking from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church for that photo."
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This is the evil of the fake news:
Again, this letter (like the Archbishop’s letter objecting to POTUS visiting the JPII Center), cited “tear gas and rubber bullets” were used to clear the park so the president could walk across.
Park Police say they did not use tear gas but rather smoke bombs, they did not know the Prez would be walking out, and that they set off the smoke bombs because 1) they were enlarging the perimeter and 2) they had been pelted with objects by the protesters, including water bottles.
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3851129/posts
Good, he should have been gone years ago.
Agree.
He got his statement COMPLETELY wrong.
Honestly, I can’t believe people who have such an obssessive hatred at face value.
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