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*Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly ripped into Captain Brett Crozier on
Monday as he addressed sailors aboard the USS Roosevelt in Guam

*(He said the fired captain was 'naive' and 'stupid' for writing a leaked memo
to Navy leaders about a coronavirus outbreak on the aircraft carrier

*'If he didn't think that this information wasn't going to get out ... then he
was either too naïve or too stupid to be a commanding officer,' Modly told
sailors

*Modly apologized for his scathing comments in a statement hours later

*'Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naive or stupid. I
think, and always believed him to be the opposite,' he wrote

*Asked about Modly's speech during his daily White House press briefing,
President Donald Trump said he 'may just get involved'

Acting US Navy Secretary Thomas Modly has apologized for calling the USS
Theodore Roosevelt's ousted captain 'naive' and 'stupid' over the scathing
letter he wrote pleading for Navy leaders to do more to stop a coronavirus
outbreak on the aircraft carrier.

Modly ripped into Captain Brett Crozier on Monday as he addressed sailors aboard
the USS Roosevelt, which is currently docked in Guam.

The acting Navy secretary back-tracked in a statement hours later, writing: 'I
want to apologize for my recent comments to the crew of the TR.

'Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naive or stupid. I
think, and always believed him to be the opposite.

'We pick our carrier commanding officers with great care. Captain Crozier is
smart and passionate.

'I believe, precisely because he is not naive and stupid, that he sent his
alarming email with the intention of getting it into the public domain in an
effort to draw public attention to the situation of his ship.

'I apologize for any confusion this choice of words may have caused. I also want
to apologize directly to Captain Crozier, his family, and the entire crew of the
Theodore Roosevelt for any pain my remarks may have caused.

'They, and the entire Navy, have my full commitment that I will continue to help
get the TR back to full health and back to sea where we can move forward beyond
this unfortunate situation.'



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