US navy official apologises for calling captain behind coronavirus memo `naive or stupid`
(The Guardian United States)

Trump says he will settle dispute as acting navy secretary says sorry for criticising captain of USS Theodore RooseveltCoronavirus - latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US acting navy secretary has apologised for calling the ousted captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt `too naive or too stupid` to be in command, amid growing calls from Congress and former officers for him to resign.`Let me be clear, I do not think Captain Brett Crozier is naive nor stupid,` Thomas Modly wrote on Monday evening. `I think and always believed him to be the opposite.` Continue reading...