Ten US senators including Marco Rubio write to Pentagon and military chiefs asking why the joint chiefs of staffs were not listed in official authorizationTen Republican US senators,including presidential candidate Marco Rubio, have written to the Pentagon and military chiefs demanding to know why the joint chiefs of staff (JCS) apparently withheld their approval for the recent release of British resident Shaker Aamer from Guantánamo Bay.
The senators have written to secretary of defense Ashton Carter asking why the JCS, and a body of senior uniformed leaders who act as Carter’s advisers,was not listed in the official authorization of Aamer’s release final month among the agencies that approved it. The conservative politicians suggested that the absence of their sign-off was a breach of normal protocol.
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Source: theguardian.com