Kirby: Pentagon Is Better than Any Federal Institution at Holding Ourselves Accountable

“This is a big investigation. General Milley wasn’t in Afghanistan at the FOB, Ford operating base where Bergdahl left. So he has to avail himself of all the information. He hasn’t gotten completely through this investigation himself. We got to give him time here. I don’t understand what the rush to judgment is here. This young soldier is still an active duty soldier in the United States army. He has been charged with no crime and the last time I looked, someone is innocent until proven guilty …

I think you can understand that everybody in the Pentagon well understands the service and sacrifice and the losses, the blood and treasure that have been expended in the last 13 years of war, and how seriously we take all that. I think it’s also pretty clear that among all the federal institutions, this one probably more than any other, is good at holding each other to account.”