US General John Allen has decided to retire rather than proceed with his nomination as the Nato supreme allied commander due to "health issues" in his family, according to US President Barack Obama.
It comes less than a month after Mr Allen, the ex-commander of US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, was cleared by Pentagon investigators of allegations of professional misconduct over email exchanges with a Florida socialite.
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