By JEFF POOR
In a preview of FNC host Bret Baier’s interview with Joint Chiefs chairman Gen. Mark Milley that aired on Friday, Milley touched on his time serving under former President Donald Trump, which at times was tumultuous, as acknowledged by Milley on multiple occasions.
Milley emphasized his oath to the Constitution and insisted the military should be “apolitical.”
“We take an oath to the Constitution,” he replied. “We take an oath to a document. And within that document is embedded the idea. It’s codified in that document this idea that is America. And I have — my mother and father — my mother was in World War II. My dad’s in World War II. They fought for something. They fought for an idea. They fought for each other in the sense of they fought for other folks in the unit. But, on a larger sense, they fought for an idea, the idea that is America, the idea that all Americans are created equal, and we are endowed by the creator with life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And all of us have those fundamental rights as Americans for liberty and freedom.”…