So this investigation was directed by the Secretary of Defense, who asked the Secretary of the Air Force to designate a three star to conduct it. SAID: So folks, good afternoon, appreciate your time. I will, as before, be up here to moderate them, so I will call on you and we'll try to get to as many people as we can in the time that we have. He has completed that work, he has briefed it out to senior leaders here at the Pentagon, to include the Secretary, and now he's prepared to talk to you about his findings and what some of his recommendations were going forward. Air Force Inspector General, to come up and speak to you about his findings and recommendations with respect to the August 29th airstrike near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Afghanistan.Īs you know, the General was tasked by Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall to conduct a review and an investigation of that strike. I am going to kick off today's briefing by inviting Lieutenant General Sami Said, the U.S.
