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Gen. John Allen Under Investigation

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    Caught up in scandal

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How did this lead.

To the top commander of US forces fighting the war in Afghanistan.

The man who replaced David Petraeus the morning ballroom.

Good morning -- remember when it.

General Petraeus was the head of -- come down in Tampa Florida general John Allen was his.

Deputy there.

And he then followed General Petraeus out to Afghanistan when General Petraeus was made the head of the CIA -- general Allen and General Petraeus were both in -- com.

At Tampa Florida at MacDill Air Force Base and they got to know this deal Kelly who is a well known socialite in the area she.

Hosted a lot of parties spurred the top brass at MacDill Air Force Base and she got to know them and now.

It's clear that the DOD thinks that there may be some evidence of an inappropriate relationship and they are poring through.

What we're told is up to 30000.

Pages of email traffic between general -- a -- at general excuse me general.

Allen and Jill Kelly.

If they do find that there was a relationship of a sexual nature than he could face charges under that you have -- code of military justice.

We have a statement from.

From Afghanistan from -- -- there.

It says we are aware of the statement issued by the US secretary of defense concerning a matter under investigation that may involve general Allen.

I -- commander.

It is our policy now not to comment on the sect -- statement but to refer all questions to the office of the US secretary of defense and we finally heard.

Yesterday from the secretary of defense and his spokesman as they were on route to Australia where they learned about this new twist in the saga.

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