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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on April 30, 2019, 01:04:28 pm
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Trump Fires Man In Charge of Gitmo, No More Coddling Terrorists
Reuters Wire By Reuters Wire
Published April 28, 2019 at 4:08pm
The U.S. admiral in charge of the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba has been fired “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to command,†U.S. Southern Command said in a statement on Sunday.
Rear Admiral John Ring was removed from the post on Saturday, the brief statement said, without giving details about why.
Jose Ruiz, a spokesman for Southern Command, which oversees Guantanamo, told Reuters the decision was the result of a monthlong investigation completed earlier in April, but declined to provide specifics.
The firing was first reported by The New York Times.
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/trump-fires-man-charge-gitmo-no-coddling-terrorists
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How many layers of supervision exist between Trump and this position? Was President Trump even involved?
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/04/29/commander-of-guantanamo-bay-detention-center-fired/ (https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/04/29/commander-of-guantanamo-bay-detention-center-fired/)