In a preview of a NBC Nightly News interview scheduled to air on Tuesday, former Chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen told Brian Williams that he worries “a great deal” about the politicization of the death of Osama bin Laden.
“Well, I worry about it, just because it’s the political season,” said Mullen. “And from my perspective, the president’s support, the decision that he made, and obviously, the result stand alone in terms of the kind of call presidents have to make and he made it. I do worry a great deal that this time of year that somehow this gets spun into election politics. I can assure you that those individuals who risk their lives–the last thing in the world that they want is to be spun into that. So I’m hoping that that doesn’t happen.”
Mullen served as Chairman from 2007 until his retirement last Septmeber.
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