Marine general has COVID after Pentagon meeting

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 70%. (I'm a bot)WASHINGTON - The assistant commandant of the Marine Corps has tested positive for the coronavirus, days after he and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in a Pentagon meeting with a Coast Guard leader who was infected with the virus.Thomas attended a meeting of the Joint Chiefs on Friday, and so far U.S. officials said none of the other top military leaders in the meeting - including Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff - have tested positive.ADVERTISEMENT.Still, Thomas' positive test raises worrying questions about the health of the others at the meeting, including the chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and National Guard.Charles W. Ray, the vice commandant of the Coast Guard who was at the Friday meeting, had tested positive.The news of the positive tests has stunned officials at the Pentagon.A number of the military officials who were there got COVID-19 tests late last week after Trump and his wife both tested positive for the virus.Summary Source | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: test#1 positive#2 meeting#3 officials#4 leader#5Post found in /r/politics and /r/Military.NOTICE: This thread is for discussing the submission topic. Please do not discuss the concept of the autotldr bot here. via /r/autotldr https://ift.tt/2HXFcJ5