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The statement on Friday continues a saga stemming from emails exchanged between the White House and lower-level US Navy officials about keeping a warship named for the late Senator John McCain's father and grandfather out of sight ahead of the President's trip, reports CNN."A request was made to the US Navy to minimize the visibility of USS John S. McCain, however, all ships remained in their normal configuration during the President's visit," Rear Adm. Charlie Brown, chief of Navy information, said in the statement."There were also no intentional efforts to explicitly exclude Sailors assigned to USS John S. McCain."Brown added that the Navy is "fully cooperating with the review of this matter tasked by" acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan.Two Navy officials told CNN on Wednesday that the White House Military Office had asked lower-level US Navy officials about keeping the ship out of view an impractical request as the ship was under repair, one of the officials said.The ship ultimately was not moved nor was the name obscured, said Cmdr. Clay Doss, a spokesman for the 7th Fleet.Trump told reporters ON Thursday that while he had had no knowledge of the plan nor would he have acted on it, he "is not a big fan" of McCain, and whoever was behind the plan was "well-meaning".When asked abut the controversy on Friday, Shanahan maintained that the military would not be politicized, adding that he would not have directed the ship to be moved, CNN reported."Our business is to run military operations and not to become politicized," Shanahan told reporters at a Singapore news conference."I'll wait until I get a full explanation of the facts before I pass judgment on the situation, but our job is to run the military."( With inputs from IANS )

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