White House chief of staff John Kelly thought President Donald Trump's remarks in a call to the widow of a Green Beret slain by Islamic State terrorists in Niger were "completely appropriate" and "respectful," press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Wednesday.

"Gen. Kelly was present for the call and thought it was completely appropriate," Sanders told reporters at the daily briefing.

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