Trump Attacks a Grieving Widow’s Account
Myeshia Johnson cries over the casket of her husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in an ambush in Niger, upon his body's arrival in Miami.
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Trump defends call to fallen soldier’s widow
In this Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, file photo, Myeshia Johnson kisses the casket of her husband, Sgt. La David Johnson during his burial service at Fred Hunter's Hollywood Memorial Gardens in Hollywood, Fla.
Fallen soldier’s widow: ‘Nothing to say’ to Trump
In this Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, file photo, Myeshia Johnson kisses the casket of her husband, Sgt.
Congresswoman wants Kelly apology amid condolence-call row
A Florida congresswoman on Sunday asked White House chief of staff John Kelly to apologise for making false claims about her while defending US President Donald Trump's handling of condolences to a military family. Her comments and the president's insulting tweets escalated a political fight surrounding the deaths of four service members in the African nation of Niger.
Congresswoman wants Kelly apology as spat with Trump endures
A Florida congresswoman on Sunday asked White House chief of staff John Kelly to apologize for making false claims about her while defending President Donald Trump's handling of condolences to a military family. Her comments and the president's insulting tweets escalated a political fight surrounding the deaths of four service members in the African nation of Niger.
Rep. Frederica Wilson unleashes her wrath on ‘character…
Speaking with MSNBC host Joy Reid, Rep. Frederica Wilson fired back at President Donald Trump's chief of staff, saying the former general is nothing more than a "puppet" for his boss now. Addressing Gen.
Feud over Trump’s condolence call to widow rages onThe Sacramento Bee
The fight over President Donald Trump's displays of compassion for America's war dead sped ahead Friday, a day after White House chief of staff John Kelly made an emotional call for an end to politicizing the "sacred" matter of how a nation consoles the families of slain soldiers. Video emerged that undercut part of Kelly's rebuke of a Florida congresswoman he said had politicized Trump's condolence call to the pregnant widow of a Green Beret killed in Niger.
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Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him. Some of the 1,200 mourners exiting the church after Saturday's service said the portrait of Sgt.
Soldier evoked in feud honored
Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him.
More than 1,000 mourn Sgt. La David Johnson and 3 fellow soldiers killed in Niger
Staff Sgt. Bryan Black; Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson; and Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright were killed, too, but did not become the center of political debate.
Maxine Waters Demands That Kelly Apologize For Defending ‘Moron’ Trump
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters of Missouri called on White House Chief of Staff John Kelly to apologize Saturday for defending President Donald Trump's conversation with a gold-star family. Waters wants Kelly to apologize for his remarks toward Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson of Florida about the president's phone call with the pregnant widow of Army Sgt.
Funeral held in Florida for US soldier killed in Niger
Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him.
Funeral held for US soldier at center of Trump fight
Mourners remembered not only a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa led to a political fight between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman but his three comrades who died with him. Some of the 1,200 mourners exiting the church after Saturday's service said the portrait of Sgt.
Loved ones say good-bye to US soldier slain in Niger
Loved ones bid their farewells Saturday at a private funeral for Army Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four US soldiers killed in Niger, whose death has been at the center of a public dispute this week between President Donald Trump and a congresswoman.
Soldier killed in Niger remembered at Florida viewing
As gospel music filled South Florida's Christ the Rock Church during Sgt. La David Johnson's public viewing Friday night, loved ones and strangers cried, prayed and hugged each other.
Soldier La David Johnson’s Pregnant Wife Kisses His Coffin At…
The pregnant widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of the four soldiers killed in a Niger ambush, said one last good-bye to her beloved.
Trump declines to offer specifics on Kelly’s remarks about Wilson, praises chief of staff
President Trump is declinng to offer specifics on how well planned or last minute Chief of Staff retired Gen. John Kelly's appearance was Thursday in the White House briefing room, following criticism of Trump's condolence call to an Army widow.
Trump hits ‘wacky’ Dem lawmaker after phone call with soldier’s familyThe Hill
Republicans nix idea of pairing repeal with tax reform Fla. lawmaker warned officials before retirement home tragedy Florida Dem: 'Abomination' that seniors were left at nursing home where 8 died MORE in a tweet Thursday night, calling her "wacky" and accusing the Florida Democrat of lying about the content of his phone call with the family of a fallen soldier.
The Latest: Fallen soldier’s funeral begins in Florida
A funeral service has begun for a U.S. soldier whose combat death in Africa sparked a political spat between President Donald Trump and a Florida congresswoman. Services for Sgt.
Florida Democrat calls Niger ambush ‘Trump’s Benghazi’POLITICO
A Florida Republican lawmaker disputed the comparison. The Florida Democratic congresswoman who clashed with President Donald Trump over his call to the widow of a soldier killed in an ambush in Niger wants Congress to investigate what she's calling "Mr. Trump's Benghazi."