At the request of Gen. Paul J. Kern for a senior general officer to be made available as an additional investigating officer into alleged misconduct by certain personnel assigned and/or attached to the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade at Abu Ghraib Detention Facility, the Acting Secretary of the Army Les Brownlee designated Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Jones, Deputy Commanding General, United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. Gen. Kern, as the appointing authority, will assign responsibility to Lt. Gen. Jones to complete the investigation begun by Maj. Gen. George Fay, who will remain a part of the investigating team.

On June 16th Acting Secretary of the Army Les Brownlee announced the appointment of Gen. Kern, Commanding General, U.S. Army Materiel Command, as the appointing authority under the provisions of Army Regulation 381-10, procedure 15, to look into the alleged misconduct of certain personnel assigned and/or attached to the 205th Military Intelligence Brigade. This action was required because Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez recused himself. The Commander of U.S. Central Command requested and received approval from the Secretary of Defense to have a new appointing authority.



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