
My conversation with Rear Adm. (Ret.) James McPherson, Army under secretary during Trump's first administration, about the impact of Gen. CD Donahue's early retirement: "There's no more warrior than there was General Donahue. "I think this goes to two things. One is the morale of the senior officers. They don't know what's in store for them. Is the administration going to go back and look at something they said or did when they were much lower rank years ago? That seems to be what's happening. "But there's also an aspect here that is very concerning, and that's civil-military relations. That's the relationship that the civilian community has with their military. And the foundation of that relationship is, the military is apolitical. They don't get involved in politics at all. Well, now we see this administration involving senior officers in politics. And that erodes the trust that the civilian community has in their military. It impacts that civilian-military relationship." pbs.org/newshour/show/…






















