When words of comfort reopen old wounds

Washington

LET us all agree on the following: Both White House Chief of Staff John F Kelly and Representative Frederica S Wilson are decent human beings who have devoted their lives to serving the American people.

Retired Marine Corps general Kelly had served in combat with distinction during the two Gulf Wars, and concluded his military career as the commander of the United States Southern Command. After his retirement, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as his Secretary of Homeland Security, and was later transferred to the White House to try to bring order among the quarrelling staff members.

He and his wife suffered the tragedy of losing their son in combat. First Lieutenant Robert Kelly, 29 and also a Marine, was killed when he stepped on a landmine while leading a platoon of Marines on a patrol in Afghan…