Lt. General Sanchez passed over for promotion

A story published by the North Jersey Media Group, authored by famous Mexican anchorwoman Maria Elena Salinas reveals that Lt. General Ricardo Sanchez was passed over for promotion recently. Sanchez commanded the Coalition forces in Iraq during the abuses at Abu Ghraib. In the story he seems to imply that he is currently in some sort of military "limbo." Salinas covered has covered the military's treatment of Sanchez since the Abu Ghraib scandal broke.

The jury is still out on whether the prison scandal will affect his military career. For now, Sanchez is back in Germany as commanding general of the 5th Corps' 1st Armored Division, although he was passed up for a position to head the Southern Command in South Florida.

"What will it take for you to get a fourth star?" I asked him.

"The only thing that's needed is to know the truth about what happened at Abu Ghraib," he said.

Sanchez is absolutely convinced that there is no chance he can be implicated in the scandal.