Head of U.S. Military's Southern Command Steps Down

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62. Here's some additional reporting from the actual NYT article:

But other officials at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hll said the praise masked real policy tensions concerning Venezuela that the admiral and his civilian boss were seeking to paper over.

"Prior to Trump, I can't think of a combatant commander who left his or her post early, ever," said Representative Adam Smith of Washington, the senior Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee.

It goes on and on with much more "perspective surrounding the leaders actions". Slamming Teagan Goddard for this reporting is ridiculous - what the OP shared was a 3-paragraph snip from a news aggregator.