Thursday, February 8, 2018

Pentagon confirms beginning planning stages for parade

The U.S. military confirms that they are in the very beginning stages of answering U.S. President Donald Trump's request for a military parade, and the U.S. Army would take the lead.

It's been reported, the Pentagon was mulling a parade for the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1, the Great War, which would be November 11 - Veterans Day in the US, Remembrance Day elsewhere.

U.S. Secretary of Defence James Mattis says the president's request is driven by his affection for the military.

Pentagon spokesperson Dana White:

IN: "The President...
OUT: ...will decide."
DUR: 22


***