DoD official charged with stealing license plates placed on leave

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A senior Pentagon official has been placed on administrative leave after it was revealed he was facing criminal charges involving removing license plates from a vehicle parked in his Capitol Hill neighborhood.

In a terse statement the Pentagon said, “In light of the pending criminal case involving Bryan Whitman, he has been placed on administrative leave while the department reviews this matter.”

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