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Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 11:50 AM Jul 2020

Reminder: Esper and Milley (open) hearing today, 1pm ET

The House hearing Thursday will provide the first congressional testimony by Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, since March 4, when they appeared to discuss the administration's defense budget proposal. That was before the full impact of the coronavirus pandemic became apparent and before nationwide civil unrest threw the Pentagon's relations with Trump into crisis.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/pentagon-leaders-face-grilling-on-use-of-military-in-unrest/ar-BB16vHUs?ocid=st

Thanks, onecaliberal!
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13721204

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Reminder: Esper and Milley (open) hearing today, 1pm ET (Original Post) Leghorn21 Jul 2020 OP
I hope they are asked about the harassment of the patriotic and eloquent LTC Vindman dawg day Jul 2020 #1
Hell yeah, and if anyone wants to bring up *Capt. Brett Crozier*, we'll be Leghorn21 Jul 2020 #2
At the same time, Leghorn21 Jul 2020 #3
Last kick! Leghorn21 Jul 2020 #4

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
1. I hope they are asked about the harassment of the patriotic and eloquent LTC Vindman
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 11:52 AM
Jul 2020

And whether they refuse promotion as a way to punish on Trump's orders.

Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)
2. Hell yeah, and if anyone wants to bring up *Capt. Brett Crozier*, we'll be
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 11:55 AM
Jul 2020

ALL EARS, you little fkrs

Leghorn21

(13,525 posts)
3. At the same time,
Thu Jul 9, 2020, 12:30 PM
Jul 2020
Reminder: At noon today, Geoffrey Berman, the recently ousted U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, is testifying in a closed session before of House Judiciary Committee.




...maybe a tidbit or two of interest will dribble out from this... fingers crossed
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