Esper’s office told acting Navy secretary to apologize for his remarks on ousted aircraft carrier captain – CNN (www.cnn.com)

Defense Secretary Mark Esper told acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly that he must apologize for his remarks slamming the former commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, two US officials tell CNN, prompting Modly’s late-night about-face apology which was issued just hours after he defended his comments to the aircraft carrier’s crew.