Republican Ohio Rep. Michael Turner said Wednesday that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley should not have any “indignation” over seeing his calls to China in the media, saying he “chose to talk to reporters instead” of them.
“General Milley, with indignation in front of the House and the Senate, you have commented on the statements in the press concerning your phone conversation with your counterparts Gen. Li [Zuocheng] in China. Let’s be clear to give you some help with the indignation: those comments were in the press because that’s where you put them,” Turner told the committee.
“I want a transcript of your call with General Lee and I also want any read-outs, memorandums, notice of calls or outcomes. Now you chose to talk to reporters instead of us and that’s of great concern. No one in congress knew that one of two of the major nuclear powers thought that they were perhaps being threatened for attack,” Turner continued.