Milley under fire: ‘I would never tip off any enemy’

Published September 30, 2021 11:15am ET



‘I WOULD NEVER TIP OFF ANY ENEMY’: In his second day of congressional testimony, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley faced withering criticism of calls with his Chinese counterpart, along with demands from Republicans that he resign.

Milley testified he hasn’t read Bob Woodward’s book Peril, in which he’s quoted as telling Chinese Gen. Li Zuocheng, “If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time.” But he insisted the context of the conversation is being misconstrued.

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