{"id":75988,"date":"2017-11-16T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T14:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75988"},"modified":"2017-11-16T09:20:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T14:20:48","slug":"milley-restores-recruiting-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=75988","title":{"rendered":"Milley restores Army recruiting standards"},"content":{"rendered":"

USAToday<\/a> reports that Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley says that he wasn’t aware that recruiters were told to apply for waivers for recruits with mental problems until he read the USAToday article on Sunday<\/a> and that he has rescinded the memo. <\/p>\n

Milley, appearing before reporters, said the Army rescinded the memo because of an article published Sunday by USA TODAY. <\/p>\n

He maintained that the policy on considering such waivers had not changed but had been delegated to a lower level for approval. <\/p>\n

Milley said the Army had done a \u201cterrible\u201d job explaining the policy. He credited USA TODAY for bringing the issue to his attention. <\/p>\n

“There wasn\u2019t a change in policy,” Milley said. “There cannot be a change in policy by someone who doesn\u2019t have the authority to change policy. I know it sounds circular.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

General Milley met with Senator John McCain on Tuesday and guaranteed him that Milley would write a letter explaining the policy. McCain had expressed his displeasure with the policy shift;<\/p>\n

The change drew immediate fire on Capitol Hill, as Sen. John McCain, an Arizona Republican and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, upbraided the nominee for the Army’s general counsel Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you took a poll of this committee right now I doubt if you\u2019d find a single one who would be approving of this practice, which we now find out about reading the daily newspaper,\u201d McCain said. <\/p>\n

Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the committee from Rhode Island, said he agreed with McCain\u2019s concerns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to Bobo for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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