U.S. Nuke Commander Suspended On Same Day As Secret Nuke Transfer - TopicsExpress



          

U.S. Nuke Commander Suspended On Same Day As Secret Nuke Transfer Report Mikael Thalen October 1, 2013 Navy officials revealed the alleged gambling related suspension of Vice Adm. Tim Giardina Friday, U.S. Strategic Command’s No. 2 officer in charge of the country’s nuclear fighting forces. According to Navy spokeswoman Capt. Pamela Kunze, a law enforcement agency began investigating Giardina June 16 for connection to counterfeit gambling chips from a western Iowa casino. After learning of the investigation a month later on July 16, Strategic Command’s head commander, Air Force Gen. Robert Kehler, ordered the Naval Criminal Investigative Service to begin a similar investigation into the incident. Keheler ordered Giardina’s suspension on Sept. 3 before sending reassignment recommendations to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel. cooptv.wordpress/2013/10/02/u-s-nuke-commander-suspended-on-same-day-as-secret-nuke-transfer-report/
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 03:27:59 +0000

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