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Fired Navy secretary says Trump intervention "erodes" Navy discipline

In an exclusive interview, CBS News’ David Martin spoke with Richard Spencer, the Navy secretary who was fired over his handling of a Navy SEAL's war crimes case. The SEAL, Edward Gallagher, was convicted of posing with a dead ISIS fighter in Iraq and demoted. But the president reversed that decision. As he left the Pentagon Monday for the last time, Spencer argued President Trump's intervention sets a bad precedent.
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