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Rolling Stone McChrystal Profile: The End of Fly-on-the-Wall Reporting?
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyThis week the entire journalistic pundit pack embraced the control-the-message dictates of political spin and corporate public relations as they excoriated Gen. Stanley McChrystal for allowing a Rolling Stone reporter to spend a month with him and his entourage. The derogatory towel-snapping mockery that cost McChrystal his Afghan command was often depicted as less of a mistake than his naiveté in cooperating with a magazine profile-writer. Michael Hastings, who etched the Rolling Stone portrait of McChrystal, deserves far more credit that he has received for pulling off the most difficult ...
Are Eikenberry, Holbrooke Next Ones Out the Door?
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (June 24) -- President Barack Obama said he accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation because it was "time for all of us to come together." But some observers predict Wednesday's removal of the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan could turn into just another "Kumbaya" moment if Obama doesn't continue to clean house on his national security staff. In announcing his decision to replace McChrystal with Gen. David Petraeus in the wake of the now-infamous Rolling Stone article, the president declared, "This mission demands unity of effort across our alliance and across my national ...
Washington in 60 Seconds: Kathleen Parker's CNN Pay Almost Doubles Spitzer's
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! We're happy to report that the Year of the Woman continues with news this morning that Australia is getting its first female prime minister and Kathleen Parker is getting paid a lot more than Eliot Spitzer for their new CNN show. All that and the day ahead in Washington await you in the next 60 seconds: - Iran, Extenders and Campaign Finance on the Floor. If you're following the action on the House and Senate today instead of the World Cup, buckle up for a day of debate on the House side on the DISCLOSE Act, a bill to dial back the Supreme Court decision letting ...
McChrystal Relieved of Duty; Petraeus to Take Command in Afghanistan
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyGen. Stanley McChrystal, under fire for comments made in a Rolling Stone profile, has resigned as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. Gen. David Petraeus, presently head of the U.S. Central Command, which oversees the operation in Afghanistan, has been nominated to take over the position but must first face Senate confirmation hearings. The changes, announced by the president Wednesday afternoon, appeared to receive bipartisan support in Congress. They followed a morning meeting at the White House between McChrystal and Obama to discuss the general's incendiary remarks. The president ...
Will a McChrystal Dismissal Be Bad News for War Critics?
By David Corn - Politics DailyJust two days ago I was complaining in this space that "the $100 billion-per-year war in Afghanistan usually attracts little media notice or political debate. It's not often on the front pages, and it's barely a blip on the cable news radar screen." All it took was a few choice words in Rolling Stone about President Obama and his national security team from Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and his aides and -- pow! -- Afghanistan hit the top of the charts. In the blogs. On cable. In the tweets. On Tuesday night, I was at a book party loaded with ...
Washington in 60 Seconds: Mark Sanford Missing Again?
By Patricia Murphy - Politics DailyGood morning, Capitolists! It's a busy day in Washington, but you can get up to speed on it all in the next 60 seconds. - Huge Day in South Carolina -- No Lie! It's Election Day in the Palmetto State and there is an embarrassment of riches for political junkies to sink their brains into. On the ballot for the state's run-offs today: Nikki Haley trying to become the first female governor of the state; Tim Scott trying to become the first black Republican in Congress since J.C. Watts; Rep. Joe "You Lie!" Wilson's stepson running for attorney general; and the son of the late (and former ...
Afghan, U.S. Leaders: War Progress Steady but 'Slow'
By David Wood - Politics DailyAfghanistan's President Karzai and U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal arrived in Washington Monday with sobering news: progress in the war is steady – but slow. In a White House briefing, neither McChrystal nor retired Gen. Karl Eikenberry, now the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, would say whether they believe enough military progress and political reform will take place by next summer to enable U.S. troops to "begin to transfer'' back home from Afghanistan, as President Obama has promised. "Much work lies ahead'' before that can happen, said McChrystal, who commands all U.S. and allied ...
U.S. to Cut Back on Night Raids in Afghanistan
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailyIn an effort to ease tensions between U.S.-led military forces and Afghan civilians, coalition commanders have decided to restrict risky nighttime raids on private homes and compounds in Afghanistan, a senior U.S. official has told CNN. The directive is in a classified document signed by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top NATO commander in Afghanistan, according to the unidentified official who saw it. Nighttime raids -- aimed at rooting out terrorists and finding weaponry -- can turn violent and have caused problems for U.S. and NATO forces that enter homes in what's understandably seen by ...
Karzai Says Training Afghan Forces Will Take Years, Presses for Reconciliation With Taliban
By David Sessions - Politics DailyBefore the start of a London summit this week on the future of Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai said his country's security forces could need training and support for more than a decade, the BBC reports. "With regard to sustaining them until Afghanistan is financially able to provide for our forces, the time may be extended to 10 to 15 years," Karzai said. The Afghan leader also argued for his plan to reintegrate willing members of the Taliban into government positions -- a strategy that has won support from U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. "We must ...
McChrystal Sees Possible Role for Taliban in Afghanistan
By David Sessions - Politics DailyIn an interview with the U.K.'s Financial Times, Gen. Stanley McChrystal said coalition forces in Afghanistan should negotiate a peace settlement with the Taliban. McChrystal said that, after the 30,000 new American troops arrive, he expects to weaken the insurgency in the country enough that its leaders will agree to settlements with the Afghan government. "As a soldier, my personal feeling is that there's been enough fighting," he said. "What I think we do is try to shape conditions which allow people to come to a truly equitable solution to how the Afghan people are governed." McChrystal ...
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