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Trump vs. Navy leadership: The showdown over Eddie Gallagher’s SEAL Trident

By Russ Read
Published November 22, 2019 10:55pm ET
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Trump vs. Navy leadership: The showdown over Eddie Gallagher’s SEAL Trident
Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, right, and his wife, Andrea Gallagher leave a military court on Naval Base San Diego on Tuesday in San Diego. A military jury acquitted a decorated Navy SEAL of premeditated murder Tuesday in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive under his care in Iraq in 2017. | (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer said on Friday he believes Eddie Gallagher should face a board review which could strip him of his Navy SEAL Trident – setting up a possible showdown between Navy leaders and President Trump.

“I believe the process matters for good order and discipline,” Spencer said of the pending board review.

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