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Gen. Allen Resumes Command in Afghanistan Amid Email Investigation

Nov. 21, 2012 8:09am
General John Allen Resumes Command in Afghanistan

File – In this Oct. 10, 2012 file photo, U.S. General John Allen stands during a media conference after a meeting of NATO Defense Ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels.  Credit: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. John Allen has returned to Kabul to resume his duties as the top U.S. and NATO commander of the war in Afghanistan, more than a week after the Pentagon announced it is investigating potentially “inappropriate” correspondence between the four-star general and a woman linked to the David Petraeus sex scandal.

Lt. Col. Les Carroll, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, said Allen returned to work Wednesday.

Allen had been in Washington when news of his problematic email correspondence with Florida socialite Jill Kelley surfaced last Monday. He was expected to testify before a Senate committee last Thursday on his nomination to become the commander of U.S. European Command and the top NATO general. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has put that nomination on hold.

General John Allen Resumes Command in Afghanistan

TAMPA, FL – NOVEMBER 13: Jill Kelley leaves her home on November 13, 2012 in Tampa, Florida. Credit: Getty Images

At the time Panetta announced that the Pentagon inspector general is reviewing as many as 30,000 pages of Allen’s correspondence with Kelley, Panetta said he had determined that Allen should remain in command in Kabul, pending the outcome of the probe.

Allen’s predecessor as Afghanistan war commander, David Petraeus, resigned from his post as CIA director earlier this month after acknowledging an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. The FBI learned of the affair as it investigated anonymous, harassing emails, ultimately traced to Broadwell, that were sent to Kelley. The FBI investigation also turned up the emails between Allen and Kelley.

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Comments (10)

  • MrEDS
    Posted on November 21, 2012 at 9:02am

    Times have changed since I was in.We never wore Salad (medals) unless it was for something special. Now it seems they like looking like a peacock (Look at me I got more then you) its an all about me attitude that seems prevelent in society now. And you got that straight from the horses mouth.

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  • Proverbs17-12NLT
    Posted on November 21, 2012 at 8:43am

    Good, we need these type of men when it’s time to turn on our Government or when our Government turns them on us

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  • dy2000
    Posted on November 21, 2012 at 8:42am

    Thank God. We can’t let our enemies alienate us from and discredit our American heroes. Our generals are human beings. They need personal lives and they make mistakes. Let’s keep focus on what’s important. God bless General Allen and God bless America.

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  • RightUnite
    Posted on November 21, 2012 at 8:36am

    I would definitely watch my back if I were him…. Just sayin…..

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  • Chris.underhill
    Posted on November 21, 2012 at 8:30am

    you know what who cares. I am so done its one thing after another.. no one ever holds any of these people accountable and as normal they will get away with it. screw it let them go on. its not the end of the world for us yet. you know this hole thing going on in the mid east screw it no one is going to side with the good guys we are going to side with he bad guys becasue that who we are now.. oh well its not the end of the world were still alive right?

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  • RJJinGadsden
    Posted on November 21, 2012 at 8:16am

    So, is it Hillary, Holder, or Clapper who is now in charge of GEN Allen’s testicles. I just can’t see 0bama knowing anything about it since he is so obviously kept in the dark for the sake of plausible deniability’s sake.

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    • barber2
      Posted on November 21, 2012 at 8:22am

      Have never felt so alienated from my own government. Feels like we have been invaded by some alien species. Happy Thanksgiving anyway.

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