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USAF General charged of power abuse

Washington, USA - He would have sent an e-mail to support a candidate for Congress

A US Air Force officer, General Jack J. Catton Jr., has been charged to have sent an e-mail to more than 200 fellow Air Force Academy graduates where he exhorted addressees to make campaign contributions to a Republican candidate for Congress in Colorado. Defense Department regulations prohibit officers from using their position to solicit contributions or seek votes for someone and so the Pentagon...

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Rome, Italy, 05/12/2006 17:27
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