Salon’s Mark Benjamin reported late last night that John Metzler Jr., the superintendent of Arlington National Cemetery for the past two decades, is stepping down — possibly under pressure from Army Secretary John McHugh.
Mark has done some exhaustive reporting on the national cemetery over the past year, breaking numerous stories about misplaced graves, unidentified bodies and contracting irregularities and prompting the Army to launch an investigation. You can read all of Mark’s Arlington work here.
