president biden: no one said that to me that i can recall. reporter: senators were furious on both sides of the aisle, senator josh holly called on generally and defense secretary austin to resign. why haven t you resigned? it would be an incredible act of political defiance to resign because my dad didn t get a choice at iwo jima, they don t get a choice to resign so i m not going to resign. reporter: that was senators on cotton from arkansas. josh holly from missouri called on those resignations. generally defended his calls with chinese counterpart last october and earlier this year, he said he would warn china if the us was prepared to attack, the calls were routine and he was, quote, de-escalating a tense situation not to mention others on call saying they were
after president biden chose ton take his advice of keeping troops in afghanistan. my job is to provide advice. my secretary s job is to provide legal advice or best military advice to the president. and that s my legal requirement. that s what the law is. the president doesn t have to agree with that advice. he doesn t have to make those decisions just because we re generals. and it would be an incredible act of political defiance for a commissioned officer to just resign because my advice is not taken. this country doesn t want generals figuring out what orders we are going to accept and do or not. that s not our job. the principals in control of the military is critical to this republic. in addition to that, just from a personal standpoint, my dad didn t get a choice to resign at iwo jima. i m not going to turn my back on them. i m not going to they can t resign so i m not going to resign. there s no way. milley also addressed recent revelations he called his
my responsibility is to provide legal advice or best military advice to the president and that s my legal requirement. that s what the law is. um, the president doesn t have to agree with that advice. he doesn t have to make those decisions just because we re generals. and it would be an incredible act of political defiance for a commissioned officer to just resign because my advice is not taken. this country doesn t want generals figuring out what orders we are going to accept and do or not. that s not our job. the principal control in the military is absolute, it s critical to this republic. in addition to that, just from a personal standpoint, my dad didn t get a choice to resign at iwo jima and those kids at abbey gate don t get a choice to resign. i am not going to turn my back on them. they can t resign so i am not going to resign. there is no way. joining us now, arm services committee member, senator angus king, independent of maine who caucuses with democrats on the committe
milley, why haven t you resigned? my job is to try advice. my responsibility is to provide legal advice or best military advice to the president and that s my legal requirement. that s what the law is. um, the president doesn t have to agree with that advice. he doesn t have to make those decisions just because we re generals. and it would be an incredible act of political defiance for a commissioned officer to just resign because my advice is not taken. this country doesn t want generals figuring out what orders we are going to accept and do or not. that s not our job. the principal control in the military is absolute, it s critical to this republic. in addition to that, just from a personal standpoint, my dad didn t get a choice to resign at iwo jima and those kids at abbey gate don t get a choice to resign. i am not going to turn my back on them. they can t resign so i am not going to resign. there is no way. joining us now, arm services committee member, senator angus king, ing
ainsley: he can t recall. brian: was that the last thing he said earlier no one told him that. ainsley: three other things came out of milley defended calls to china my loyalty to the nation is people and constitution. general mckenzie took responsibility for drone strike that killed the 10 civilians including seven children. in addition to that tom cotton was pressing them on why didn t milley, why aren t you resigning? he stead its would an incredible act of political defiance for a commissioned officer to resign because my advice is not taken from the president. brian: or shows integrity. obviously the president doesn t like my advice. why am i giving it? why don t we get somebody in here that he does respect in the wall street journal said the scandal isn t that the president ignored the military. he is a decision maker. it s his refusal to own his decision. he wants political credit for any american involvement in afghanistan not willing to take the political risk of admitting h