joint chiefs of staff

Why Biden pardoned Mark Milley ahead of Trump taking office

Former President Biden’s preemptive pardon for retired Gen. Mark Milley, the former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will give the retired military official a shield against any action that President Trump might take against him amid their highly public feud.

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Portrait of Gen. Mark Milley taken down from Pentagon wall hours after Trump inauguration

A portrait of retired Gen. Mark Milley, a target of President Donald Trump's wrath, disappeared from a Pentagon hallway hours after the inauguration.

Austin American-Statesman · 2d

Who is Gen. Mark Milley? Why Joe Biden pardoned him ahead of Trump inauguration

"My family and I are deeply grateful for the President's action today," Milley said in a statement to USA Today provided by a spokesperson.

New York Post · 1d

Trump announces purge of over 1,000 Biden appointees: ‘YOU’RE FIRED!’

The new commander-in-chief fired off the “official notice of dismissal” to four Biden appointees in a midnight social media post, bluntly warning that his team were hunting down even more to throw

Des Moines Register · 2d

Gen. Mark Milley 'deeply grateful' for Biden pardon on morning of Trump's inauguration

Gen. Mark Milley, the now-retired former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commented on the pardon he received in Biden's final hours in office.

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Pentagon removes portrait of Mark Milley, former top US general

The Pentagon on Monday removed the portrait of Mark Milley, the retired Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, according to two Reuters witnesses, in a move that happened within two hours of President Donald Trump's inauguration.

Newsday · 1d

Biden pardons Fauci, Milley and the Jan. 6 panel. It's a guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump

The heads of the Jan_ 6 committee say they're grateful for the decision by President Joe Biden to pardon them "not for breaking the law but for upholding it."

Pardons by Trump and Biden reveal distrust of each other and wobbly faith in criminal justice system

A day that began with the outgoing president’s pardon of lawmakers and his own family ended with the incoming president’s ...

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Joint Chiefs chair says he plans to stay on under Trump

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., who President Trump had threatened to fire once in power, on Monday said ...

At Pentagon, a missing portrait and fears of an upheaval

It's hard to tell just where retired General Mark Milley's portrait once hung in the Pentagon's prestigious E-ring hallway, ...

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Trump officially nominates Gen. Mark Milley to take over as Joint Chiefs chairman

President Donald Trump has officially nominated Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley to take over as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan ...

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National Affairs: Break up the Joint Chiefs

But McElroy needs more and better “professional military advice” than he has been able to get under the Pentagon system from the Joint Chiefs of Staff —or from assistant secretaries whose ...