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Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher during a recess in his trial this summer in San Diego, Calif. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Defense Secretary Mark Esper, pictured in October, told reporters at the Defense Department on Monday that President Trump ordered him to ensure that Eddie Gallagher retained his Navy SEAL Trident pin. Virginia Mayo/AP hide caption

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Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer has been pushed out over his handling of the case of a Navy SEAL accused of war crimes. Spencer is seen here testifying during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in April. Alex Edelman/Getty Images hide caption

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Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher had his former rank reinstalled less than a week ago. Now he could soon be stripped of his status as a Navy SEAL. Gregory Bull/AP hide caption

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Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher celebrates after being acquitted of premeditated murder at Naval Base San Diego on July 2. Gallagher was found not guilty in the killing of a wounded Islamic State captive in Iraq in 2017. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images hide caption

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A jury sentenced Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher on Wednesday, one day after he was acquitted on the most serious charges he faced in connection with the death of a 17-year-old ISIS fighter in U.S. custody. John Gastaldo/Reuters hide caption

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Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher walks into a military court building in San Diego along with his wife, Andrea Gallagher, on Tuesday. A military jury acquitted him of all but one count of war crimes — posing with the body of a dead 17-year-old ISIS prisoner. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images hide caption

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Navy Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher and his wife, Andrea Gallagher, arrive at military court on Naval Base San Diego on Thursday. A witness stunned prosecutors after testifying that he, not Gallagher, killed an ISIS fighter in 2017. Julie Watson/AP hide caption

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Shocking Revelation In Navy SEAL War Crimes Trial: Witness Says He Is The Real Killer

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U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl enters the Fort Bragg military courthouse for his sentencing hearing on Wednesday in Fort Bragg, N.C. Sara D. Davis/Getty Images hide caption

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At Bowe Bergdahl's Sentencing, Navy SEAL Describes Being Shot During Search

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Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL students in training in 2014. The Navy now has two female candidates to join the elite special operations forces for the first time since front-line combat jobs were opened to women. MC1 Michael Russell/U.S. Navy hide caption

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Former Navy SEAL Matthew Bissonnette has agreed to forfeit "all of the proceeds" he received from No Easy Day, his book about the killing of Osama bin Laden. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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This undated image from video, seized from the walled compound of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan, and released by the U.S. Department of Defense on May 7, 2011, shows bin Laden watching President Obama on television. AP hide caption

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