It's unclear who'll take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office.

Finally, there’s some accountability in the swamp. The Washington, D.C., blob loves to protect its own. It’s a slimy hierarchy based not on merit but fealty to the system and promotes its loyal servants to higher and higher ranks,

Gen. Mark Milley, the now-retired former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, commented on the pardon he received in Biden's final hours in office.

Joe Biden came into office promising to be the next FDR. Instead, his presidency of empty gestures and moral failures has given us something far more dangerous: a reinvigorated Donald Trump armed with a popular mandate and a drive for retribution.

The president’s statement, coming days before he is replaced by Republican Donald Trump, will probably not have any impact.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ... ceremony at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice ...

Milley served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during President-elect Donald Trump's first ... his retirement speech at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in September 2023.

WASHINGTON — It is unclear who will take over at the Pentagon and the military services when the top leaders all step down Monday as President-elect Donald ... Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall ...

Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump, President Joe Biden issued ... dictator," Milley said in his retirement speech at Joint Base Myer-Henderson in September 2023. "We don’t take an oath ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden issued pre-emptive pardons on Monday for people Republican successor Donald Trump has targeted for retaliation, including former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and former White House chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci.

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Joe Biden issued pre-emptive pardons on Monday for people Republican successor Donald Trump has targeted for retaliation, including former Republican lawmaker Liz Cheney, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley and former White House chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden issued preemptive pardons on Monday for people his successor Donald Trump has targeted for retaliation, including Republican former lawmaker Liz Cheney, Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Anthony Fauci, who served as White House chief medical advisor.