Mullen Defends Milley’s Conversations with China as ‘Routine’

Former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mike Mullen said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the conversations between Gen. Mark Milley and Chinese officials after January 6 were “routine.” Host Martha Raddatz said, “Chairman Milley, you’ve seen the stories about General Milley’s comments that he made in the book Peril, to Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. The chairman is quoted as saying he reassured China during those last tumultuous months we weren’t going to strike. He says this is routine. Is it routine? What’s your reaction?”-- More...