Pentagon names one of its own public affairs officials to run Stars and Stripes

The Pentagon has named one of its own public affairs officials to run the publication Stars and Stripes, and he will keep his Pentagon job while doing it. This places a single official inside both the office that shapes the military's message, and the newsroom charged with covering it independently.

Christian Devine, an executive director and principal adviser in the Pentagon's public affairs office, was appointed acting publisher by chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell.

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