According to a blog written by his wife Kari, he lost out on a promotion, and
his family hoped to go to Germany, Italy or Hawaii for an “adventure”.
They hoped to move by last summer; instead the Army redeployed his unit –
the 3rd Stryker Brigade, named after armored Stryker vehicles – to
Afghanistan. He was also reportedly struggling to pay mortgage bills, while
court records show that he assaulted a girlfriend in 2002 and was involved
in a hit-and-run accident.
Eklil Hakimi, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States, said on Sunday
that the “bigger picture” of the US-Afghan relationship should not
be overshadowed by the tragedy.
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