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'I wish you the best': US military adviser resigns after Trump's controversial photo-op at church
29 days ago | By Business Insider
The former principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy resigned, effectively immediately, from the Defense Department's science board.
James Miller's reasoning centered around President Donald Trump's controversial visit to St. John's Episcopal Church, where he posed with a Bible for photographs as protesters in the surrounding area were tear-gassed for the event.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper was also present during the visit.
"You may not have been able to stop President Trump from directing this appalling use of force, but you could have chosen to oppose it," Miller wrote in...
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