Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 194
What Just Happened?
“Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly offered to resign on Tuesday following an uproar over a profanity-laced address to the crew of the coronavirus-stricken aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt on Sunday,” Politico reports.
“Modly submitted his resignation letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Tuesday after meeting with his boss one-on-one, that official said.”
CNN reports Esper accepted Modly’s resignation.
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