White House, Pentagon tensions peak

By By Robert Burns
Updated June 7 2020 - 7:26am, first published 7:20am
Defense Secretary Mark Esper opposed Donald Trump's invoking the two-centuries-old Insurrection Act.
Defense Secretary Mark Esper opposed Donald Trump's invoking the two-centuries-old Insurrection Act.

Tensions between the White House and Pentagon have stretched to near a breaking point over President Donald Trump's threat to use military force against street protests triggered by George Floyd's death.

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