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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, a former state attorney general and natural resources commissioner, said he was never approached by Gov. Sean Parnell or anyone else about the problems in the Alaska National Guard that have erupted into a scandal in recent months.
Sullivan was attorney general from the summer of 2009 until Dec. 5, 2010, when he became natural resources commissioner. Parnells office first received serious allegations about the guard no later than October of 2010, and asked the FBI that month to investigate allegations that included sexual abuse, drug trafficking, misuse of resources, and transportation of weapons involving National Guard members -- an investigation first reported by television station KTVA.
But in a phone interview Monday, Sullivan said he was never consulted about and had no knowledge of the FBIs inquiry, which did not corroborate any of the allegations, according to Parnells office. Sullivan also said no one ever approached him directly about the problems at the guard, which he said he learned about in a newspaper article.
Within the military, a lot of these things are dealt with through the chain of command, Sullivan said. So theres a lot of avenues that, obviously, Im sure the governor sought to deal with it. And I wasnt one of them.
The problems in the guard have dogged Parnell since early September, when his office released a report by federal investigators that described harassment, fear, and sexual misconduct that guard leaders failed to stop. Parnell fired Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, the guards adjutant general, the same day the report was released.
http://www.adn.com/article/20141027/us-senate-candidate-sullivan-says-he-was-never-consulted-about-national-guard
Cha
(297,935 posts)stayed silent on the NG Scandal.
Finally it's coming out! Thanks Randy
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)I want both of these guys gone.