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Several Members Of Joint Chiefs Quarantining After Exposure To Official With COVID-19

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, October 6th, 2020

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Several Members Of Joint Chiefs Quarantining After Exposure To Official With COVID-19

Gen. Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill)

Several members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley, are in self-quarantine after being in contact with a top Coast Guard official who has tested positive for COVID-19. Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement none of the Pentagon officials who were in a recent meeting with Adm. Charles Ray, the vice commandant of the Coast Guard, have exhibited symptoms or tested positive themselves. “We are aware that Vice Commandant Ray has tested positive…

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