* General Mark Milley defended his calls to his Chinese counterpart during the final months of Donald Trump's presidency
* He said his calls to Gen. Li Zuocheng were 'perfectly within the duties and responsibilities' of his job as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
* It was Milley's first public comments on the conversations
* Donald Trump slammed him for the calls, accusing him of 'treason'
* Milley said would discuss the matter in greater detail later, when he testifies before Congress later in September
General Mark Milley on Friday defended his calls to his Chinese counterpart during the final months of Donald Trump's presidency as 'perfectly within the duties and responsibilities' of his job as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Milley made his first public comments on revelations he called Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People's Liberation Army to reassure him the U.S. was not going to suddenly attack China.
The general was blasted by the former president and several conservatives for his conversations and accused of breaking the chain of command.
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Update: Milley: Calls to China were ‘perfectly’ within scope of job (AP)
WNU Editor: The debate is not on the calls that were made to China. The debate and concern is on what General Milley said and did.
Did he say that he would warn the Chinese if the U.S. was going to attack?
Did he limit President Trump's nuclear strike powers?
These are questions that he will have to answer on September 28 when he goes to Congress for a scheduled hearing.
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