Kelly, who also served as secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration, reiterated the importance of preserving the Department of Defense's apolitical nature.
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said Friday that he did not agree with President Donald Trump's threat to deploy active-duty U.S. military at protests.
Kelly, who also served as the secretary of Homeland Security in the Trump administration, reiterated the importance of preserving the Department of Defense's apolitical nature. Mattis, who was Trump's first Defense secretary, broke his near three-year silence and ripped into his former boss by saying, he "watched this week's unfolding events, angry and appalled."
"Militarizing our response, as we witnessed in Washington, D.C., sets up a conflict—a false conflict—between the military and civilian society. It erodes the moral ground that ensures a trusted bond between men and women in uniform and the society they are sworn to protect, and of which they themselves are a part."
Mattis also took issue with a Monday night incident in which protesters were forcibly cleared from Lafayette Square, a small park in front of the president's residence.
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