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Trump Chief of Staff Kelly Decries Removal of Monuments

by Associated Press

   WASHINGTON --

   White House chief of staff John Kelly says Confederate General Robert
   E. Lee was "an honorable man" and applying current thinking on social
   issues to figures in history is "very, very dangerous."
   Kelly also said in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham that
   aired Monday night that the removal of monuments to the Confederacy
   shows "a lack of appreciation of history." The retired Marine Corps
   general was responding to a question about a Virginia church's decision
   to remove historical markers for Lee and George Washington.
   Kelly said the Civil War was sparked by "the lack of the ability to
   compromise."