Milley Speaks Out on Marines' Haircuts, Trump, Floyd - Expresses Regret on Lafayette Photo-Op

On getting Marines haircuts during Covid "I don't want to risk one Marine, soldier, sailor, airman or Coast Guardsman's life for a haircut."
His draft resignation letter to Trump "You are using the military to create fear in the minds of the people—and we are trying to protect the American people."
On the Lafayette Square photo-op "I should not have been there."
On George Floyd’s death “The activities we witnessed in Minneapolis were an aberration that erosion the constitutional rights of citizens."
On warning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine “I was very confident we were on the brink of a significant war."

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Milley Speaks Out on Marines' Haircuts, Trump, Floyd - Expresses Regret on Lafayette Photo-Op

On getting Marines haircuts during Covid "I don't want to risk one Marine, soldier, sailor, airman or Coast Guardsman's life for a haircut."
His draft resignation letter to Trump "You are using the military to create fear in the minds of the people—and we are trying to protect the American people."
On the Lafayette Square photo-op "I should not have been there."
On George Floyd’s death “The activities we witnessed in Minneapolis were an aberration that erosion the constitutional rights of citizens."
On warning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine “I was very confident we were on the brink of a significant war."