No longer a criminal proceeding...

Schmidt withdraws court-martial request

Pilot faces possible administrative penalties

LISA KERNEK | Staff Writer
Springfield State Journal Register - Springfield, IL

"I feel very good for Maj. Schmidt and for his family," Gov. Rod Blagojevich said Thursday. "It sounds like a very good result, and I'm very pleased that we were able to, in a modest way, express our position on it in support of Maj. Schmidt who served our country in Afghanistan."