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McChrystal Inquiry Short on Answers
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Sept. 22) -- As the U.S. government and military analysts fret about the "divided" White House war policy supposedly portrayed in Bob Woodward's forthcoming book "Obama's Wars," it's worth recalling this summer's other sensational war expose, the one that got Gen. Stanley McChrystal ousted from his post as commander in Afghanistan. The New York Times reports today on the Army's investigation into the insubordinate remarks made by members of McChrystal's staff in front of Rolling Stone reporter Michael Hastings. The upshot of the inquiry for McChrystal and his senior staff is that they were ...
Pentagon Bounces Rolling Stone Reporter: What Embed Ground Rules Actually Say
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(Aug. 4) -- The pen is mighty, but the Pentagon has ways to keep it in check. So learned Rolling Stone writer Michael Hastings on Tuesday when the military announced it would not allow him to embed with the U.S. army in Afghanistan. The decision comes a month and a half after the release of his explosive article on Gen. Stanley McChrystal. The widely circulated piece, "The Runaway General," revealed unvarnished animosity from McChrystal's top aides toward Obama administration officials and created a P.R. nightmare for the White House that eventually culminated in McChrystal's resignation as ...
Petraeus on Afghan War: 'We Are in This to Win'
By not in system - AOL NewsKABUL, Afghanistan (July 4) -- Gen. David Petraeus formally assumed command of the 130,000-strong international force in Afghanistan on Sunday, declaring "we are in this to win" despite rising casualties and growing skepticism about the nearly 9-year-old war. During a ceremony at NATO headquarters, Petraeus received two flags - one for the U.S. and the other for NATO - marking his formal assumption of command. He said it was important to demonstrate to the Afghan people and world that al-Qaida and its extremist allies will not be allowed to once again establish sanctuaries in Afghanistan ...
Senate Confirms Petraeus as Afghan War Chief
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (June 30) -- The Senate on Wednesday unanimously confirmed Gen. David Petraeus as the new commander of the Afghanistan war. The vote was 99-0. Petraeus replaces Gen. Stanley McChrystal, whose three-decade career ended in disgrace because of inflammatory remarks he and his aides made to Rolling Stone magazine. As U.S. Central Command chief, Petraeus was McChrystal's boss and already overseeing operations in Afghanistan. Petraeus' replacement at Central Command has not been announced. Petraeus won overwhelming praise from both Republicans and Democrats, despite their ...
Petraeus Prepared to 'Modify Rules of Engagement' in Afghanistan
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailySince General David Petraeus was abruptly appointed to take over the War in Afghanistan on Wednesday, speculation has swirled around how his approach to the increasingly dire conflict would differ from that of his predecessor, disgraced former commander General Stanley McChrystal. Today, we have an answer. An anonymous military source "close to Petraeus" says that "one of the first things the general will do when he takes over in Afghanistan is to modify the controversial rules of engagement to make it easier for U.S. troops to engage in combat with the enemy," reports Fox News. If ...
Obama Replaces McChrystal With Petraeus: Instant Reactions
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyPresident Barack Obama announced today that he accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation as commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan and is replacing him with Gen. David Petraeus. McChrystal's ouster was precipitated by a now-infamous Rolling Stone article published online Tuesday which depicted "The Runaway General" and his staff making critical comments of Obama administration officials. McChrystal had been in charge in Afghanistan for the past year, under which time the situation on the ground had continued to deteriorate into violence and civil instability, despite a ...
McChrystal Ousted in Wake of Damaging Magazine Story
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (June 23) -- President Barack Obama ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying that his scathing published remarks about administration officials undermine civilian control of the military and erode the needed trust on the president's war team. Obama named McChrystal's direct boss - Gen. David Petraeus - to take over the troubled 9-year-old war in Afghanistan. He asked the Senate to confirm Petraeus for the new post "as swiftly as possible." The president said he did not make the decision to accept McChrystal's resignation over any ...
Obama's Announcement on McChrystal [LIVE VIDEO]
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyAfter a brief, half-hour-long meeting early this morning, President Barack Obama is scheduled to make his announcement regarding the fate of Gen. Stanley McChrystal at 1:30 p.m. ET today, according to the White House. The president's statements to the press will be streamed live via the White House website. Watch the video here: JOIN THE LIVE CHAT VISIT WHITEHOUSE.GOV ...
Opinion: Is Obama Committed to Victory in Afghanistan?
By not in system - AOL News(June 23) -- The McChrystal Affair has turned -- at least for a day -- the war in Afghanistan into something that Washington understands best: an inside-the-Beltway tale where the important questions are who said what about whom in the press. Yet McChrystal's ouster shifts the spotlight from the loose-lipped commander (and his very stupid staff) to President Barack Obama. Will McChrystal's counterinsurgency strategy be dismissed along with the general? Even as Michael Hastings' article in Rolling Stone prepared the noose for McChrystal, it's clear that the real target is the president's ...
McChrystal Meeting with Obama Over After Half Hour
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyGeneral McChrystal's much-hyped meeting with President Obama to determine the fate of his job as commander of the war in Afghanistan ended after 30 minutes without an announcement from either camp, according to Politico. The private meeting between the general and the President, which was scheduled to take place for half an hour today in the Oval Office, reportedly began at 9:51 and concluded at 10:21, at which point McChrystal entered a black SUV and left the White House, Politico reports. No word has yet been given from either McChrystal or the White House as to the status of the ...
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