Pentagon’s top general calls out Nazis, communists, jihadis in 9/11 remarks
Meghann Myers
The Joint Chiefs chairman took the opportunity Friday, at the Pentagon’s Sept. 11, 2001, remembrance ceremony, to not only recognize those who gave their lives during those terror attacks and have since died fighting in their wake, but to share a reminder of what everyone has been fighting for.
It was one of Army Gen. Mark Milley’s rare public appearances in recent months, after getting caught in a political firestorm while accompanying the president June 1 for a photo op at a church across the park from the White House, as protests decrying police brutality against Black people raged around the country.
“The idea of a free press, free speech, due process,†he cited as examples. “The right to peacefully assemble, and demonstrate and protest.â€
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