Former Navy Secretary John Phelan gives $1 million to group aiding sailors and Marines

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EXCLUSIVE — Former Navy Secretary John Phelan donated $1 million to a nonprofit group that aids active-duty and retired sailors and Marines, the Washington Examiner learned on Wednesday.

News of the former Pentagon official’s donation to the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society, the nation’s oldest military aid society, coincides with Veterans Day.

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