Biden’s Pentagon defends Milley’s secret talks with China

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UPDATED 3:45 PM PT – Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Joe Biden’s Pentagon appeared to be defending General Mark Milley’s secret talks with China amid claims of potential treason. On Wednesday, Department Spokesman John Kirby said Milley’s talks with Beijing last October and this past January were not inappropriate.

Kirby’s comments came despite Bob Woodward revealing Milley promised Beijing he would not follow President Trump’s orders in case he authorized a military strike on China. Milley also allegedly vowed to notify China if such a decision were made by Trump.

“I’m not speaking to the validity of things that are in the book, but it is completely appropriate for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, as the senior military adviser to both the secretary and the president, to want to see those protocols reviewed on whatever frequent basis that that he wants to do that,” Kirby said. “He is basically the chief of defense for the United States. We don’t call him that, but he has chief of defense counterparts around the world.”

.@POTUS45 on Milley story:

"The people that fabricated the story are sick and demented, and the people who print it are just as bad. In fact, I’m the only President in decades who didn’t get the U.S. into a war—a well known fact that is seldom reported." pic.twitter.com/Wy8bDTbkre

— Natalie Harp (@NatalieJHarp) September 14, 2021

GOP lawmakers, including Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), along with President Trump himself have since harshly criticized Milley for talking to China behind the back of the Commander in Chief.

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