From Fox News: North Carolina Rep. Walter Jones Calls for Inquiry of Army General Involved in Soldier Scrutiny.

     WASHINGTON —  Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., has asked the Pentagon to open an investigation of a high-ranking Army official who is at the center of two probes involving possible wrong-doing by U.S. forces in Afghanistan.

     Jones said he believes Lt. Gen. Frank Kearney has overstepped his authority in the investigations and in turn is hurting troops' morale.

     "When men and women are asked to go to war for this country, then in my humble opinion they should be given every benefit of the doubt, and if there are any questions then they should not be handled in the press," Jones said in an interview with FOX News.

     I, and I am sure a lot of other people are glad to see that the highly questionable behavior of Gen. Kearney is finally being looked into.  It has been a point of serious contention and complaint among personel in the Afghan theater and people back home for some time now.  His continual invetsigations into behavior that has been deemed perfectly acceptable, and his sudden withdrawl of  a USMC unit for being too aggressive should have raised flags on the hill some time ago, or if not their then at the Pentagon.  If nothing else he needs to be removed from command and sent to job where he can do no further harm to our efforts in Afghanistan.

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