Pentagon Tells White House Not to Politicize Military

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Pentagon Tells White House Not to Politicize Military

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA —

The Pentagon has told the White House to keep the military out of politics, after someone from the White House directed the Navy to keep the warship USS John S. McCain "out of sight" when President Donald Trump visited Japan.

"On Friday, May 31, Secretary Shanahan directed his Chief of Staff to speak with the White House Military Office and reaffirm his mandate that the Department of Defense will not be politicized," Shanahan's spokesman Army Lt. Col. Joe Buccino said Sunday.

Eric Chewning, Shanahan's chief of staff, told the defense secretary that he had reinforced this message to the White House, according to Buccino.

Read more at: https://www.voanews.com/a/pentagon-tells-white-house-not-to-politicize-military/4942300.html

I think this has some newer info from the older story.