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Mark Wagner
bohemiarch
Modley previously was given the benefit of the doubt on his acting properly in relieving Crozier of his command. This transcript appears shows Modley is not deserving of that benefit
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Susan Simpson
TheViewFromLL2
Trump has made his corrupt and authoritarian impulses so well known that he often no longer has to give the corrupt and authoritarian orders himself. Military leaders and other officials
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David French
DavidAFrench
The Capt. Crozier controversy -- a thread based on my newsletter today (paywalled, sorry!). I'm finding an interesting divide between military and civilian on these facts (not universal, of course,
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https://tinyurl.com/shibewall
Aelkus
the actual piece goes into a lot of detail about modly's view of the crozier's missteps but imho the first part of the piece frankly says it allhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/05/acting-navy-chief-fired-crozier-panicking-befor
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Claire Russo
ClaireRussoVA
Captain Crozier operated outside of the chain of command to keep his troops safe. I know what it’s like to have the military try and stop you from speaking out.When
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Yamiche Alcindor
Yamiche
Pres Trump criticized now ousted Capt Brett Crozier of USS Theodore Roosevelt. He said Crozier's memo warning Navy leadership that decisive action was needed to save lives of the ship's
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Adam Blickstein
AdamBlickstein
Unlike with Capt. Crozier, Teddy Roosevelt's Round-Robin letter leak to the press, after initial fury from McKinley, resulted in immediate help for Roosevelt's troops, not his firing, & even though
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https://tinyurl.com/shibewall
Aelkus
all of this more or less comprehensively vindicates Crozier.https://twitter.com/bungdan/status/1247332392718577664 almost all of the arguments about what he should have done presume that there was some structure in place that would
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Rep. Austin Scott
AustinScottGA08
.@EsperDoD, History will treat CAPT Crozier favorably, not so sure about Acting @SECNAV who chose to remove him. (1/3) According to @SECNAV, “I know that in my heart and in
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Paul Rieckhoff
PaulRieckhoff
BREAKING. Modly is out. GOOD. Couldn’t happen fast enough. But the leadership crisis in the military is far from over. This is just the latest symptom of the larger cancer
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Andrew C Laufer, Esq
lauferlaw
So that last few days we’ve been discussing @thespybrief Captain Crozier and the #COVID19 breakout on the Teddy Roosevelt and whether going public (outside the chain of command) was a
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Bryan McGrath
ConsWahoo
A thread on the firing of the CO of USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71). I'm not sure any reader is going to be perfectly satisfied by what I write, but
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Kevin Baron
DefenseBaron
Defense Secretary @EsperDoD on @ThisWeekABC: "I have full faith and confidence in (Modly) and Navy leadership" Q: Did Trump want Crozier fired?"This was Secretary Modly's call"... "I listened to the
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David Axelrod
davidaxelrod
The dismissal of Captain Brett Crozier as commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt for seeking safe harbor for his COVID-19 sickened crew recalls a letter TR wrote to his superiors
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Guy Snodgrass
GuySnodgrass
Expect to see more of these:“Out of fear of retribution, the mother asked that neither she nor her [Sailor] be named” when discussing situation within U.S. Navy or the firing
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Maggie Haberman
maggieNYT
“He didn’t have to be Ernest Hemingway,” Trump says of Crozier letter. Trump says Modly “shouldn’t have said quite what he said.” Says he had nothing to do with the
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