USAF F-16 pilot nominated to run Guantánamo detention center

For the first time, a U.S. Air Force officer has been selected to command the detention center at Guantánamo since it was open in 2002.

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Brig. Gen. Jose R. Monteagudo was nominated after Rear Adm. Fernandez Ponds declined the job due to personal reasons.

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