Washington (CNN)The commander of a that has been hit by a major outbreak of coronavirus has been relieved of command for showing "poor judgment" days after writing a memo warning Navy leadership that decisive action was needed to save the lives of the ship's crew, acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced on Thursday. "Today at my direction the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Captain Brett Crozier, was relieved of command by carrier strike group commander Rear Admiral Stewart Baker," Modly said during a Pentagon press briefing. Modly told reporters that Crozier...…Washington (CNN)The commander of a that has been hit by a major outbreak of coronavirus has been relieved of command for showing "poor judgment" days after writing a memo warning Navy leadership that decisive action was needed to save the lives of the ship's crew, acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly announced on Thursday. "Today at my direction the commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, Captain Brett Crozier, was relieved of command by carrier strike group commander Rear Admiral Stewart Baker," Modly said during a Pentagon press briefing. Modly told reporters that Crozier...WW…

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Frank Larkin expressed gratitude to at the White House last year when he stood with the President for the creating a task force to work on a plan for preventing veteran suicides.Frank’s son Ryan, who followed in his father’s footsteps to become a Navy SEAL, took his own life in 2017. At the signing event, Larkin described his son’s struggles after suffering from what was later shown to be traumatic brain injury.So it was a “hit to the gut,” according to Larkin, when Trump said in January that TBIs to be “very serious injuries relative to...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Frank Larkin expressed gratitude to at the White House last year when he stood with the President for the creating a task force to work on a plan for preventing veteran suicides.Frank’s son Ryan, who followed in his father’s footsteps to become a Navy SEAL, took his own life in 2017. At the signing event, Larkin described his son’s struggles after suffering from what was later shown to be traumatic brain injury.So it was a “hit to the gut,” according to Larkin, when Trump said in January that TBIs to be “very serious injuries relative to...WW…

(CNN)The State Department has released a 2018 diplomatic cable noting that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) had "a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory." Contents of the 2-year-old cable, which were leaked earlier this year, provided fodder for unproven allegations from members of the Trump administration and Congress that the coronavirus may have escaped from the lab at the epicenter of the virus. The January 2018 cable, obtained by the Washington Post after a Freedom of Information Act...…(CNN)The State Department has released a 2018 diplomatic cable noting that the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) had "a serious shortage of appropriately trained technicians and investigators needed to safely operate this high-containment laboratory." Contents of the 2-year-old cable, which were leaked earlier this year, provided fodder for unproven allegations from members of the Trump administration and Congress that the coronavirus may have escaped from the lab at the epicenter of the virus. The January 2018 cable, obtained by the Washington Post after a Freedom of Information Act...WW…

Washington (CNN)The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the US has withdrawn from five bases in Afghanistan and reduced the size of its forces there as part of the earlier this year. "US forces in Afghanistan remain in the mid-8,000s and five bases formerly occupied by US forces have been transferred to our Afghan partners," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement. "US military presence in Afghanistan remains focused on capabilities -- not numbers. We maintain the capabilities and authorities necessary to protect ourselves, our Allies and partners, and US national interests,"...…Washington (CNN)The Pentagon announced Tuesday that the US has withdrawn from five bases in Afghanistan and reduced the size of its forces there as part of the earlier this year. "US forces in Afghanistan remain in the mid-8,000s and five bases formerly occupied by US forces have been transferred to our Afghan partners," Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement. "US military presence in Afghanistan remains focused on capabilities -- not numbers. We maintain the capabilities and authorities necessary to protect ourselves, our Allies and partners, and US national interests,"...WW…