Gov. rejects report, backs La. Guard leader

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Gov. rejects report, backs La. Guard leader
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 14, 2008 18:55:01 EDT

BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration is defending its decision to reappoint the head of the Louisiana National Guard, saying an advisory panel’s accusations of nepotism and poor leadership under Adjutant Gen. Bennett Landreneau are unfounded.

The governor’s office on Monday released the report by the five retired generals who made up the advisory panel — along with rebuttal to the generals’ criticism of Landreneau. Jindal reappointed Landreneau to the post earlier this month.

“It is the unanimous opinion of your advisory committee that a change should be made immediately in the leadership of the Louisiana National Guard,” the five generals, appointed by Jindal in January, said in their report.

Landreneau, who was first appointed to the post in 1997 by then-Gov. Mike Foster, said the accusations were an inflammatory, personal attack.

“I’ve got 38 years of honorable service with the military. I’ve commanded soldiers in combat. This is just very disturbing to me to have this kind of personal attack that is unfounded and not substantiated with facts and not accurate,” Landreneau said.


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