White House: Allen's NATO nomination to go ahead
By ROBERT BURNS, Associated Press
Jan 23, 2013 12:24 PM CST
FILE -- In an April 28, 2011, file photo then-Lt. Gen. John Allen, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington. U.S. defense officials say Gen. Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has been cleared of allegations of sending potentially inappropriate emails to a civilian woman linked...   (Associated Press)

The White House says it will go ahead with Gen. John Allen's nomination to become NATO commander.

The nomination had been put on hold while the Pentagon investigated Allen's email exchanges with a Florida woman linked to a sex scandal that led David Petraeus to resign as CIA director.

The Pentagon said Tuesday that its inspector general determined that the email exchanges did not amount to conduct unbecoming an officer.

White House press secretary Jay Carney says he hopes the Senate will consider Allen's nomination "in a timely manner."