Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) called for Gen. William “Jerry” Boykin to be fired as deputy undersecretary of defense. Now under investigation by the Pentagon’s inspector general, Boykin has drawn fire for publicly suggesting that the United States is fighting a religious war against Muslim countries such as Somalia.
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