SPRINGFIELD, Va., July 26 (UPI) -- A widely distributed e-mail by an Army officer, critical of Barack Obama's trip to Afghanistan, was "factually incorrect," a U.S. military official says.
The e-mail, signed by Capt. Jeffrey S. Porter of Bagram Airbase, a Utah Army National Guard member assigned to the 142nd Military Intelligence Battalion, described the July 19 visit to the base by the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, saying Obama "shunned the opportunity to talk to soldiers to thank them for their service" in favor of a photo op on a basketball court, Army Times reported.