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Kay B. Day The US Report Congress, government, military and lifestyles commentary 6/22/2010 Rolling Stone’s advance of an article with controversial remarks by Gen. Stanley McChrystal about President Barack Obama’s prosecution of the war will be on the screen for days to come. Apparently the general opened up to a freelancer and held little back […] June 22nd, 2010 | Tags: Brig. Gen. Daniel Menard, Facebook, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Karl Eikenberry, Michael Yon | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Canada, journalism, Military, Social networking websites | Comments are closed
Senior officer banned from elite unit’s HQ over tell-all book, while its commander takes aim at US general for breaking code of silence on operations Kim Sengupta The Independent [UK] 5 May 2010 Britain’s elite fighting force, the SAS, has become enmeshed in controversy and recriminations, with one of its most successful former senior officers […] May 15th, 2010 | Tags: BBC, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Lt. Col. Richard Williams, Mark Urban, SAS | Category: Afghanistan, Great Britain, Military, United States | Comments are closed
“[I] was planning to write several more dispatches about missions in Afghanistan. There is so little interest in Afghanistan that it hardly seems worth the time. People at home seem to be in denial. “The war is being lost and McChrystal’s crew is covering it up. There will be a heavy bill to pay when […] May 13th, 2010 | Tags: Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Michael Yon, war | Category: Afghanistan, Military, Quotations, Social networking websites, United States | Comments are closed
By Joshua Partlow Washington Post 5/9/2010 They are both decorated generals, West Point graduates who studied at Harvard University and earnest taskmasters who would rather work than sleep. The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Karl W. Eikenberry, and the top U.S. military commander there, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, assumed their posts amid lofty expectations that […] May 10th, 2010 | Tags: Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Karl Eikenberry, Michael Yon | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Social networking websites | Comments are closed
‘What was interesting was the metamorphosis’ By Anne E. Kornblut, Scott Wilson and Karen DeYoung Washington Post Sunday, December 6, 2009 …Obama and his war council gathered in the Situation Room for the first of what would be nine official review sessions on a crisp Sunday in the second week of September. All of […] December 6th, 2009 | Tags: Gen. Stanley McChrystal | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Military, Pakistan, terrorism | Comments are closed
by Rick Moran American Thinker November 23, 2009 Would you pay more in taxes if it meant that General McChrystal could get the troops he needed to effectively prosecute the war in Afghanistan? Democrat David Obey (WI), chairman of the tax writing Appropriations Committee, thinks you should. And he is threatening the president with a […] November 24th, 2009 | Tags: Gen. Stanley McChrystal, House Appropriations Committee, Rep. David Obey | Category: Afghanistan, Military, Taxes, Wisconsin | Comments are closed
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