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Jason Kenney is known by some at National Defence headquarters as the “tweeting minister.” It’s not unusual for Kenney to be given a briefing on Iraq and a few minutes later he will be tweeting some of the information he has been told.

Kenney and his staff have also been pushing various commanders to make more use of social media as well as to tweet more.

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But few are keen to follow his lead.

That’s because Kenney’s misfires on twitter have become well known inside NDHQ.

Kenney’s Oct. 22 tweet announcing that Cpl. Nathan Cirillo had died, a social media posting that prompted numerous news reports, sparked anger, confusion and frustration among Cirillo’s comrades.

Then employment minister Kenney became the first to confirm that the reservist had died, even as military commanders were telling their troops that no public information on the soldier’s condition would be released until the family agreed.