Members of the US military are seen next to a Bradley Fighting Vehicle as preparations are made for the “Salute to America” Fourth of July event with US President Donald Trump at the Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC, July 3, 2019, which will feature flyovers by the Blue Angels, an airplane used as Air Force One, as well as military demonstrations and a speech by Trump.
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday congratulated a US Navy Seal who was acquitted of murder in a war crime trial and took credit for helping.
A military court in California cleared Edward Gallagher, 40, Tuesday of the murder of a teenage Islamic State prisoner in 2017 in Iraq as well as other serious charges related to the case.
Gallagher, a Navy chief petty officer, was found guilty only of posing with the slain fighter’s body in a group picture with other Seals, a charge that carries a much lighter sentence. Read More