“Within 30 seconds to a minute after making the move to respond, his second in command apprehended General Ham and told him that he was now relieved of his command.”
Apprehended and relieved of command?
And yet somehow, today, he’s still the AFRICOM commander...
http://www.africom.mil/GenCarterHam.asp
If he were “apprehended and relieved of command” on September 11, then how has he been putting out press releases and statements on any number of issues for the last month?
This has 'article' has the whiff of 'left field' to it, which does our side no favors . . .
He was speaking to ROTC cadets in Washington on 24 Oct 2012 as the AFRICOM Commander?
http://www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=8397&;
There are certainly a lot of rumors swirling around out there...
...This morning on Beck, Pat and Stu were discussing this and stated they had been told by (I don't recall the exact words, but it was something along the lines of:) "..a reliable source who would be in a position to know," that Ham was stepping down early to be with his wife who is critically ill.
Of course they didn't name the source, but given that Beck has had a standing friendship for some time with MG (RET) Gerry Boykin, I would suspect it's him.
No way he could be releaved of command in 30 seconds. That doesn’t pass the smell test. Of course, nothing from the WH passes the smell test either.