Army Secretary Togo West said Tuesday it was time for an internal look at "the climate throughout the Army among America's soldiers" with regard to racial activities. West condemned the incident last week outside Fort Bragg, one of the Army's biggest domestic installations.
James Norman Burmeister II, 20, and Malcolm Wright, 21, both privates based at Fort Bragg, are charged with murdering a black couple, Michael James, 36, and Jackie Burden, 27, as they walked on a downtown street on Dec. 7.
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