Novak told the committee that Harper was first notified by his national security adviser Richard Fadden in March 2015 about an issue with Vance, who at the time was the leading candidate to become the next chief of the defence staff.
That issue was a relationship that Vance had with an American military officer, Kerry Wheelehan, while the two were both working at a NATO headquarters in Naples, Italy. The two are now married.
Novak testified that officials were told Wheelehan was not under Vance s direct command, and both the Canadian and American militaries had reviewed the matter and there was no evidence that Vance had done anything wrong.
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In March of last year, California National Guard members awaited orders from Sacramento headquarters to make preparations for any civil unrest that might arise from the outbreak of the coronavirus.
The members expected directives to ready ground troops to help state and local authorities respond to disturbances triggered by resistance to stay-at-home rules or panic over empty store shelves.
But then came an unusual order: The air branch of the Guard was told to place an F-15C fighter jet on an alert status for a possible domestic mission, according to four Guard sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
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