National Security
November 17, 2016 5:38 PM
Navy sending a new commander to run President Trump’s Guantánamo prison
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Then-Capt. Edward Cashman after completing a stint as commander of maritime security operations in the Arabian Gulf, Indian Ocean and Somali Basin on June 20, 2012. PETTY OFFICER BLAKE MIDNIGHT U.S. NAVY
By Carol Rosenberg
WASHINGTON
The Navy announced Thursday it is sending a career Naval officer from the Pentagon’s Joint Staff to serve as the 17th commander of the prison operations at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Rear Adm. Edward Cashman, 51, is due to assume command of the downsizing detention center early next year, replacing Rear Adm. Peter Clarke, a submariner whose onward assignment has yet to be disclosed. No exact date was provided in the Department of Defense announcement. Cashman’s assignment was already in the Pentagon pipeline before the presidential election.
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