Army to investigate 5 recruiter suicides from Houston battalion

Army to investigate 5 recruiter suicides

The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Nov 7, 2008 6:31:42 EST

HOUSTON — The Army has appointed a brigadier general to investigate allegations of a cover-up among commanders of a recruiting battalion after a string of recruiter suicides, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn said.

Five Army recruiters from the same Houston battalion have committed suicide since 2001, including two since August.

Cornyn, a member of the Senate Committee on Armed Services who won his second six-year term Tuesday, last month called for an independent investigation in a letter to Secretary of the Army Pete Geren.

Geren responded in a two-page letter dated Nov. 3, writing that he shared Cornyn’s concern about the suicides and reports of “undue command influence within the Houston Recruiting Battalion investigations.” He pledged to work with the senator’s staff to provide answers “after we review and assess these issues,” the Houston Chronicle reported Friday for its online edition.
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