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Who is Edward Gallagher - the Navy Seal Acquitted by Trump

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   A member of the United States Navy SEALs is at the center of a national
   political controversy after President Donald Trump intervened in his
   disciplinary hearings and ordered the Navy not to eject him from the
   elite military unit.

   Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher was accused by men under his
   command of committing possible war crimes during his 2017 tour in Iraq.
   He was convicted of posing for photographs with the body of a teenage
   Islamic State captive in American custody and demoted from his
   position. However, Trump reversed the Navy decision and then ordered
   officials not to eject him from his unit.

   The U.S. Navy's top civilian, Secretary Richard Spencer, was fired by
   the Defense Secretary over the matter on Sunday. Defense Chief Mark
   Esper said the secretary had been negotiating a secret deal over the
   SEAL's fate with the White House.

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