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Army suspends general amid racy text investigation
« on: September 01, 2017, 08:14:56 pm »
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Army suspends general amid racy text investigation

USA TODAY
Tom Vanden Brook

WASHINGTON  — The Army has suspended the two-star commander of its forces in Africa after revelations about suggestive texts he sent to the wife of a subordinate soldier.

USA TODAY reported on Thursday that the flirty messages, which the paper had obtained, prompted the Army to launch an inspector general's investigation into Maj. Gen. Joseph Harrington's activities. Harrington is based in Italy, were U.S. Army Africa is posted.

"Harrington has been suspended from his duties as the Commander of United States Army Africa's Southern European Task Force pending the completion of an investigation by the Army's inspector general," Army Col. Pat Seiber said in a statement. " ...

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