GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba — The commander of the prison at Guantánamo Bay has been fired seven weeks before he was to leave the job. Adm. Craig S. Faller relieved Rear Adm. John C. Ring for a “loss of confidence in his ability” to lead, the U.S. Southern Command said Sunday in a brief statement. Faller, the leader of Southern Command, and Ring met Saturday at the command’s headquarters in Doral, Florida, where Faller “personally informed” Ring that he was being fired. Ring “will be temporarily assigned duties elsewhere” in Southern Command, Azubuike said. Ring, a former commander of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, was the 18th leader of the prison operations that started in January 2002.

Source: National Post April 29, 2019 15:33 UTC