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Shane Harris and Nancy A. Youssef, Daily Beast: McCain and Top Dem Warn Pentagon: Petraeus Demotion May Be Illegal
The defense secretary wants to strip the retired general of a star after his offense against the Army. Critics say the move is more than gratuitous, it may be against the law.
Sen. John McCain, powerful chairman of the Armed Services Committee and former Republican presidential nominee, is riding to the rescue of retired Gen. David Petraeus, who is facing a retroactive demotion that McCain says could be illegal.
In a letter to Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, McCain cited “troubling media reports” that Carter might strip Petraeus of his fourth star, a rare form of discipline that could violate administrative law and McCain argued, would be “manifestly unreasonable and unfair.”
The Daily Beast first reported last week that Carter was considering the action, in light of Petraeus admitting to sharing classified information with his mistress and biographer, Paula Broadwell. Carter is said to view a demotion as sending a message throughout the military that even the most revered officers aren’t immune from punishment for their actions.
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Update: The Obama Administration Needs to Abandon Its Petraeus Obsession (Victor Davis Hanson, NRO).
WNU Editor: Petraeus' friends and supporters are circling the wagons around him.
1 comment:
Petraeus is a perfect symbol of US failure in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the established rulers don't want to lose him.
Admiral "Fox" Fallon, once Petraeus's boss, described this phony well: Fallon told Petraeus that he considered him to be “an ass-kissing little chickensh*t” and added, “I hate people like that.”
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