let me tell you what my best friend joe dunford told me, because he was my casualty officer. he said, kel, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. he knew what he was getting into by joining that 1%. he knew what the possibilities were because we re at war. and when he died, in the four cases we re talking about, four in niger, my son in afghanistan, when he died he was surrounded by the best men on this earth, his friends. that s what the president tried to say to four families the other day. i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and broken hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the
trish: welcome back, everyone. i am trish regan and this is fox news tonight. chief of staff john kelly who is a retired marine general and a gold star father made a surprise appearance at the white house press briefing today to express his outrage added democratic congresswoman s claim that during a phone call, president trump was insensitive to the widow of a soldier killed in an attack and the african country of niger. he called for people the other day to express his condolences in the best way he could. he said to me what do i say? and i said sir, there s nothing you can do to lighten the burden on these families. let me tell you what i told him, let me tell you what my best friend told me, he was my casualty officer. he said kelly, he was doing
letters. my first recommendation was he not do it because it s not the phone call that parents, family members are looking forward to. you ask me about previous presidents and i said i can tell you that president obama, who was my commander-in-chief when i was on active duty did not call my family. that was not a criticism. but then he said, how do you make these calls? if you are not in the family, if you ve never worn the uniform, if you ve never been in combat, you can t even imagine how to make that call. but i think he very bravely does make those calls. let me tell you what i told them and let me tell you what my best friend joe dunford told me because he was my casualty officer. he said kel, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do
ever received. let me tell you what my best friend, john dunford, told me. he was my casualty officer. he said, kell, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. he knew what he was getting into by joining that 1%. he knew what the possibilities were. because we re at war. and when he died, and the four cases we re talking about in niger, my son s case in afghanistan, when he died he was surrounded by the best men on this earth. his friends. that s what the president tried to say to four families the other day. then why not make another call and explain that? the president got it wrong with that family. and he s not the kind of guy to try again.
phone call that general kelly ever received. let me tell you what my best friend, john dunford, told me. he was my casualty officer. he said, kell, he was doing exactly what he wanted to do when he was killed. he knew what he was getting into by joining that 1%. he knew what the possibilities were. because we re at war. and when he died, and the four cases we re talking about in niger, my son s case in afghanistan, when he died he was surrounded by the best men on this earth. his friends. that s what the president tried to say to four families the other day. then why not make another call and explain that? the president got it wrong with that family.