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Are Eikenberry, Holbrooke Next Ones Out the Door?

WASHINGTON (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...

Opinion: Obama's Speech -- Long on Platitudes, Short on Substance

(Dec. 1) - If you tuned in late to President Obama's speech this evening announcing his decision to send an additional 30,000 troops to Afghanistan, you might be forgiven for initially thinking that George W Bush was still president. For a candidate who ran for the nation's highest office on the notion that he would...

Democrats Call for War Tax

(Nov. 24) -- With President Barack Obama expected to announce his plan for Afghanistan on Dec. 1, the debate about how to pay for the war is heating up. The U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, wants 40,000 more troops. Obama's plan would send 34,000 during the next year, U.S. officials told McClatchy...

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05/24/12 Why Is General McChrystal Teaching an Off-the-Record... Source: TheAtlantic.com It's fine for a military office to play the role of professor -- but not if that means allowing "special arrangements" that corrupt intellectual freedom.
05/22/12 The U.S. still has no exit strategy. Source: Rolling Stone It is disingenuous to claim, as Barack Obama did at the Nato conference in Chicago, that in two years, when US troops have ended their combat role in Afghanistan , the war "as we understand it" will be over.
05/12/12 It's a case of our government gone wild Source: Times-News - Hendersonville NC
There is abundant and long-standing evidence that vital parts of the national security and military apparatus of the federal government are out of control.
05/11/12 Americans Love a Good Killer Source: Counterpunch The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic and a killer.
05/08/12 General Stanley McChrystal to Open 2012 LIMRA Annual... Source: Insurance Broadcasting WINDSOR, Conn., April 17, 2012Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), will open the 2012 LIMRA Annual Conference, which will be held Oct. 2830, 2012, in Chicago, Ill.