He strongly stated that the military should never be used against the American people. "And our military should never be called to fight our own people as enemies of the state. Discussing the current political climate, Mullen recalled 1968 and the period following the assassinations of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy, while the Vietnam War raged on and public opinion of the military was low. He called for more minority representation in military leadership, specifically more "black leaders at the four-star level."

Source: Fox News June 07, 2020 15:45 UTC