General Allen quits the army
General John Allen General John Allen will no longer claim the post of head of the United Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the NATO countries, announced US President Barack Obama. Allen, who until recently commanded NATO troops in Afghanistan, was involved in a scandal associated with the marital infidelity of the former chief of the CIA David Petreus. But, according to the results of the investigation, no charges were brought against him.