Two retired four-star generals took the rare step of publicly condemning Esper's comments.
"The 'battle space' of America???" tweeted ret. Army Gen. Tony Thomas, who led U.S. Special Operations Command."Not what America needs to hear...ever, unless we are invaded by an adversary or experience a constitutional failure...ie a Civil War..."
"He was using the terms that we have," the official said."Nothing should be read into the use of that term to denote anything other than it's a common term to denote the area we are operating in." President Donald Trump departs the White House to visit outside St. John's Church, June 1, 2020. Second from right is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley.
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