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No axe to grind?

He told Fox News the military has since retaliated against him by putting out “spurious information,” but stood by his claim that the military had asked his unit to do something that was “over the line.” He added that the order did not come from Caldwell himself, but from his chief of staff.

Responding to accusations by military officials that he had an “ax to grind,” Holmes said:

“Do I have an ax to grind? Yeah. But the ax is this. If they can do this to a lieutenant colonel, what are they doing to the sergeants out there? I have a lot of education and training. ... I knew where to go and what the rules were and weren’t.”

Petraeus’ office issued a brief statement Thursday morning saying the Afghanistan commander has ordered an investigation “to determine the facts and circumstances surrounding the issue.”

Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Thursday that the investigation will seek to determine whether the actions taken were inappropriate or illegal.

- Petraeus Orders Probe After Accusations Army Commander Tried to Manipulate Senators for Afghan War Support, FoxNews.com, February 24, 2011.

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