Today he briefly responded to questions about revelations in the book. According to the authors General Milly twice called his counterpart in china. Both times prompted by u. S. Intelligence suggesting china believe the u. S. Was preparing an attack, their fears according to the authors of the book based in part on the rhetoric toward china coming from the former president. Asked by general Milly Today heres how the president responded. Did General Milley Do The Right Thing by according to a Defense Official who spoke with cnn these calls were not done in secret without anyone else knowing. They were according to this official attended by 15 people including a representative from the State Department. General Mark Milley is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill later this month. The Woodward And Costa book goes into further details about millys concerns personally launching the attack. Apparently telling his subordinates he must be directly involved in any discussions regarding Military
Hes my guest. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. The Breaking News, general Milley Wasnt alone. As calls grow from Mark Milley to resign over revelations he contacted a top chinese general twice in the final months of donald trumps presidency to reassure beijing the u. S. Would not attack china, were learning Mark Esper also took extraordinary steps at the same time. A former senior Defense Official says that the chinese were so concerned about the rhetoric coming out of trumps White House last year that esper, the Defense Secretary had a top deputy, not milley, a top Deputy Back channel beijing telling them they were in no danger of being attacked. That is the exact same Thing Milley said and weve learned today that milley conducted his call to the top chinese general in consultation with and with the approval of Secretary Esper. That call from milley was on October 30th of 2020. And there was one more call after that. This a call from milley to the same chinese general