<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Call and Response
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Rushed Condolences: President Trump contradicted the account that Sergeant La David Johnson’s widow gave of their conversation about her husband’s death, reigniting the controversy over his condolences for grieving military families. The debate began when Trump falsely claimed that he had called “virtually all” the families of service members who had been killed during his time in office, setting off an apparent scramble to back up the president’s claim. Relatives of service members who were killed months ago told The Atlantic that they received rush-delivered immediately following his comments last week. And White House Chief of Staff John Kelly gave a deeply personal speech that implied there was between civilians and the military, writes Eliot A. Cohen.
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