US naval commander Brett Crozier, whose widely publicised plea for help for his coronavirus-affected crew led to his dismissal has reportedly himself tested positive for COVID-19.
The US naval commander whose widely publicized plea for help for his coronavirus-affected crew led to his dismissal has reportedly himself tested positive for the disease.
Asked about a report that President Donald Trump wanted Crozier fired, Esper replied,"This was the secretary's call. He came and briefed me ... It was the secretary's call. I told him I would support it." Trump, speaking in a news conference Saturday, supported the dismissal. “He shouldn’t be talking that way in a letter,” he said of Crozier. “I thought it was terrible what he did.”
He told CNN that more than half the Roosevelt's 4,800-member crew had now been tested for the coronavirus. In all, 155 sailors tested positive but none required hospitalization, he said.
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