"In his final days in office, President Barack Obama pardoned retired Gen. James Cartwright, former vice chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. <a href=""http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/17/politics/general-cartwright-pleads-guilty-leaking-information/index.html"">Cartwright pleaded guilty</a> in federal court in October 2016, admitting he lied to investigators in 2012 when questioned about whether he leaked top secret information to journalists about US efforts to sabotage Iran's nuclear program."
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