Presidential pardon
for Lt. Col. West?

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At today's White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about the case of Lt. Col. Allen B. West, who is facing criminal charges for intimidating an Iraqi prisoner into divulging vital information about an impending attack on U.S. personnel.

WND: Scott, Lt. Col. Allen West is facing court martial and possible prison sentence for likely thwarting an ambush of American soldiers in Iraq by firing a pistol near an Iraqi prisoner's head, thereby coercing him to provide vital information. Col. West has received wide-ranging support from his military colleagues, and many American citizens consider him a hero, not a felon. Question: would – one of two – would the president consider –

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McCLELLAN: We're going to do one today because the president is speaking very soon.

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WND: Right. Would the president consider pardoning Col. West who, through his actions, probably saved –

McCLELLAN: Les, let me – Les. We've got to go. The president is getting ready to speak. Let me make it – let me respond to your – very quickly here. I am not in position to where I can comment on an ongoing investigation. You need to direct those questions to the appropriate authorities.

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