A senior administration official tells The Associated Press that President Barack Obama has accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan over blistering remarks about administration officials in an interview.Why Petreaus? Well, he's qualified for the job, and it also rids the field of a possible GOP presidential candidate in 2012. Some folks had been pushing the general to get into the race.
After an Oval Office showdown with McChrystal in the morning, Obama huddled with a bigger group of war advisers and then planned to announce his decision on the general's fate to the nation. The official spoke only on condition of anonymity, because the president's announcement was not yet public. Obama was speaking at 1:30 p.m. EDT in the Rose Garden about the controversy.
Obama is naming Gen. David Petreaus, who now oversees in the wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq as head of U.S. Central Command, as McChrystal's successor, the source said.
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Score One For the Hippies
The aging hippies that run Rolling Stone bagged themselves a big one:
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I think this is why McChrystal said what he did:
Rolling Stone
Wanna see my picture on the cover
Rolling Stone
Wanna buy five copies for my mother
Rolling Stone
Wanna see my smilin' face
On the cover of the Rolling Stone
-Shel Silverstein
Oh, I see he lost out to Lady GaGa.
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