Three star admiral being given command of this important COCOM reporting suggests that the retirement followed tense argument between Admiral Halsey, Secretary Heck and Chairman Dan Kane over the legality of these military strikes. At around the same time, The Pentagon announced that the operational responsibility for the military strikes was being transferred from southcom to the Special Operations Command. where their chief legal officer and apparently their commander had raised questions about legality of killing civilians on open seas. The responsibility was being transferred from SOUTHCOM to the Special Operations Command. (13:54–14:01)
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Asserts that responsibility for military strikes was transferred from SOUTHCOM to Special Operations Command.
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