Talk:John R. Allen

Kelley investigation
It seems grossly weighted to place such a prominent reference to the Kelley investigation in the intro to this article. Allen has served in the military for almost four decades and the reference currently takes up about 40% of the intro. I would suggest it be pared down or even better deleted altogether, until (and if) the investigation has some effect on his career in the long term. Wolfhound1000 (talk) 21:36, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Panetta delays appointment
"On November 13, 2012 Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that Allen's nomination for SACEUR would be "delayed." News agencies reported that Allen's communications with Jill Kelley, a Tampa woman who was friends with Allen's predecessor as top commander in Afghanistan, David Petraeus, were under investigation. Petraeus had resigned as Director of the Central Intelligence Agency four days earlier.[4]" Also, "The official said 20,000 to 30,000 pages of emails and other documents from Allen’s communications with Kelley between 2010 and 2012 are under review...." Some serious 'splainin in order.

Should this not be put into a Scandal section? A tsunami of information is approaching and a new section would be appropriate. Could a more experienced editor comment and address? --Wikipietime (talk) 13:26, 13 November 2012 (UTC)

Date format
This article uses a mix of month–day–year date format (e.g., "born December 15, 1953") and day–month–year format (e.g., "On 13 September 2014 ..."). There is a discussion at  seeking to clarify which date format should apply to articles such as this. —sroc &#x1F4AC; 08:57, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

Never saw any action
The General never saw any action,  and  never fired a single shot in his entire  career. This should be included in Wikipedia. 173.65.234.214 (talk) 03:25, 6 August 2016 (UTC)

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