Milley says resigning would be 'incredible act of political defiance,' under Cotton pressure
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Gen. Mark Milley said he will not resign after President Biden ignored his recommendation to keep at least 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan, saying to do so would be an “incredible act of political defiance."
Milley said that while he would not share his "personal" recommendations he made to the president, his assessment was, "back in the fall of 2020, and remained consistent throughout, that we should keep a steady state of 2,500 and it could bounce up to 3,500, maybe, something like that, in order to move toward a negotiated solution."
Biden and White House officials have said repeatedly that no military leaders advised him to leave a small military presence behind, with the president, himself, telling ABC News in August that "no one" recommended a 2,500 troop presence that he could "recall."
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