Gen. Michael T. Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, and Congressman Mike Turner speak following a Monday tour of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
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Flynn also commented about his position on abortion, saying it doesn’t matter that he has previously said women have a right to choose whether to have an abortion.
Trump initially said that he would be announcing his running mate at the convention in Cleveland, but there are new indications that may be coming sooner. “Donald Trump is about the future of this country and making sure that we take a direction… that puts us back on a track that we can continue to be the global leader around the world”, said Flynn. He refined his answer a couple of days later saying he is pro-life. “I grew up as a Democrat in a very strong Democratic family”.
Flynn told the Associated Press, “At this stage, the party affiliation is less important”.
Flynn portrayed radical Islam as a threat so great it could overwhelm the American way of life, and in his book warns that extremists are inching “toward creating an Islamic state right here at home”.
He also criticized her for claiming to be a champion of women’s rights while having a foundation that does business with Middle Eastern countries that are hostile to women.
“I love serving this country and I miss serving this country”, Flynn told her.
LT. GEN. FLYNN: I mean you’d have to ask the Trump campaign that. He appoints me twice – one as the assistant director of national intelligence and one as the director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
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“He’s very aloof and very distant, I wasn’t on his screen at all”.
