GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba-There's still no word on whether the Pentagon will extend the tour of duty of the chief war crimes prosecutor, who is due to retire next month.
Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins, who has had the job for six years, is both the chief overseer of war court cases and a case prosecutor in the Sept. 11 and USS Cole trials. He has said he would extend his service, if asked. One-star generals are time-limited in service and Martins has already received one extension past his retirement retirement date.
But Martins has consistently declined to say whether his extension has gone through, and for how long. Friday, a spokesman for the war court suggested the question was still unsettled.