Senior Pentagon leadership quarantining after exposure to coronavirus.
The top US general, Gen. Mark Milley, and several members of the Pentagon’s senior leadership are quarantining after a top Coast Guard official tested positive for coronavirus.
The Vice Commandant of the US Coast Guard, Adm. Charles Ray, tested positive on Monday. Reports say that almost all of the top leadership is under quarantine.
All but one member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is now self-quarantining.
The self-quarantining by senior leadership goes beyond the Joints Chiefs staff due to exposure at multiple meetings in recent days, including a meeting in the Pentagon’s secure meeting space for classified information known as “the tank,” a defense official said.
“Meanwhile, the prospect of the virus spreading among senior Pentagon leaders will likely raise additional national security questions, particularly given the military’s role in attempting to reassure the American public following Trump’s positive diagnosis last week.” It appears that step by step, the entire administration is being hit.
More to come.
