It is really important. Can this be put in any form of policy which becomes operational procedure for the agency so that this committee and others know that things are going to change based on what has happened in the recent past . The report makes clear and what weve heard today makes clear and Senator Blumenthal absolutely. What im talking about are your procedures, not what we say. No. Right. What has to happen is what Director Wray mentioned that they are doing already and what we all need to do, the fbi, the oig, this committee, is do the followup youre talking about. We are going to continue to do our independent oversight of how those recommendations have been implemented like we do in all our reports. We will Follow Up with that. I am happy to report back to the committee what weve seen. But steps do have to be taken, because there does have to be and it sounds like the fbi has taken the steps to ensure recordkeeping on the fact that something did occur. That may sound obvious
General milley has a lot of explaining to do and ought to stop honking like a goose and try to make our country more secure. Bill if tomorrow General Milley decides Joe Biden is senile or a future present is not in his right mind. Its a military coup. There needs to be a full congressional inquiry. It is vital that General Milley needs to resign. Bill we begin with Peter Doocy but first to the Pentagon And Jennifer griffin. General milley plans to address these accusations under testimony. The characterizations of the Phone Calls with the chinese in the book are not accurate and were taken out of context. I spoke with a former seen Trump Defense Official told me the Phone Call to the chinese was done at the request of the then Defense Secretary. It was designed to lower the temperature and prevent the u. S. And china from stumbling into a conflict. The Phone Call was made at the request of the civilian leadership of the military. General milley was asked to followup. At no time did he
And concern from the speaker of the house and general Mark Milley that President Trump was acting irrat particularly. Some republican lawmakers are already demanding answers now. Others say General Milley should be brought in front of a military tribunal. The pentagon is pushing back tonight essentially saying there is nothing to see here general joins us with from the pentagon with the latest. Good evening, bret. The two calls made to chinese counterpart were not secret. They were done with 15 people in the room including notetakers in coordination with the civilian leaders of the military at the time and the interagency im told by current and former u. S. Defense officials. Unnamed sources in Theoodward And Acosta book contend General Milley told general li that he would give him a Heads Up if the u. S. Planned to strike. Colonel Dave Butler the Colonel Staff Spokesman issued the following statement, quote his calls with the chinese and other in october and january were in keeping wi
And immediately thereafter. And we know it was fraught and dangerous. We had our national capitol come under violent attack. But the thing that is so bracing and nervewracking and important about this new book is what it reveals about how much worse it was than we knew, how much closer we came to real disaster than we have known before now. So, again, this comes out next week. We have obtained a copy of it. This is how the book starts. Quote, two days after the January 6th, 2021 violent assault on the capitol by supporters of donald trump, general Mark Milly, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of staff placed an urgent call on a Top Secret back Channel Line at 7 03 a. M. To his chinese counterpart, general lee, chief of the joint staff of the peoples liberation army. General milley knew from extensive reports that li and the chinese leadership were stunned by the unprecedented attack. Was It Collapsing . What was going on . Was the u. S. Military going to do something . Milly said in respons
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