At the request of Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer submitted his resignation on Sunday.
Spencer was ousted over the way he handled the case of Chief Petty Officer Edward Gallagher, a Navy SEAL accused of committing war crimes in Iraq in 2017. Earlier this year, Gallagher was acquitted of murder but convicted of posing with the corpse of an Islamic State militant. He was demoted in rank to a 1st class petty officer, but President Trump intervened and restored his rank to chief petty officer on Nov. 15.
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