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Gen. Stanley McChrystal Tells Army He'll Retire

WASHINGTON (June 28) -- Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was fired last week as the top U.S. general in the stalemated Afghanistan war, told the Army on Monday that he will retire. Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins said McChrystal, 55, notified the service of his plans. The general submitted formal retirement papers, but it is...

June Marks NATO's Deadliest Month of Afghan War

(June 24) -- June has become the deadliest month for foreign forces in the entire nine-year war in Afghanistan. The number of troop deaths so far this month crossed the grim milestone quietly, overshadowed by President Barack Obama's acceptance of the top U.S. commander's resignation for his comments in a magazine...

Petraeus Takes Command as Afghan War Problems Escalate

(June 23) -- For the second time in his career, Gen. David Petraeus has been handed control of a war that seems unwinnable. Within hours of relieving Gen. Stanley McChrystal Wednesday, President Obama named Petraeus, who was the top commander in Iraq at that war's lowest ebb, as the new top commander in Afghanistan.

5 Reasons Obama Should Not Have Let McChrystal Go

(June 23) -- President Barack Obama has accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation as his Afghanistan war commander. To the vast majority of pundits, Obama had no choice because of the uproar caused by a Rolling Stone article in which the general and his aides made disparaging remarks about top civilian officials --...

Opinion: Time to Admit Afghan Strategy Isn't Working

(June 23) -- The bombshell Rolling Stone article featuring disparaging quotes from Gen. Stanley McChrystal and his staff about civilian leaders has shaken official Washington over the past 24 hours. As it should. Their words demonstrate a breathtaking level of arrogance, poor judgment and behavior verging on formal...