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Michael Hastings / Rolling Stone:
The Runaway General — Stanley McChrystal, Obama's top commander in Afghanistan, has seized control of the war by never taking his eye off the real enemy: The wimps in the White House — 'How'd I get screwed into going to this dinner?" demands Gen. Stanley McChrystal.
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Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Gen. Stanley McChrystal summoned to Washington following magazine profile — KABUL — The top U.S. general in Afghanistan was headed to Washington early Tuesday for an impromptu White House meeting, after apologizing for an upcoming magazine article that portrays him and his staff as flippant …
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Gordon Lubold / The Politico:
W.H. signals McChrystal's job in doubt — The White House made it clear Tuesday that Gen. Stanley McChrystal's job is very much in doubt. — Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, looking grim, called McChrystal's conduct an “enormous mistake” that angered the president.
Jackson Diehl / PostPartisan:
Don't blame McChrystal, blame Obama — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal should not lose his job because of the article about him in Rolling Stone magazine. If anyone deserves blame for the latest airing of the administration's internal feuds over Afghanistan, it is President Obama.
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Obama Has to Fire McChrystal — It is not about Afghanistan policy — although, of course it's about that too, with McChrystal as the face and mind of the strategy Obama bought into at the end of last year. — It's about civilian control of the military, respect for the chain of command …
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
The Night Beat: What the Heck Was McChrystal Thinking? — Good evening. — ROLLING STAN: What in the heck was Gen. Stanley McChrystal thinking? I mean, I know what he was thinking: he was tired of being the victim of what he believes is a concerted effort on behalf of Ambassador …
The Atlantic Online:
The Rolling Stone Article's Juiciest Bits — Read the full Rolling Stone article here. — Here are the most interesting paragraphs:
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
McChrystal Is Summoned to Washington Over Remarks — KABUL, Afghanistan — An angry President Obama summoned his top commander in Afghanistan to Washington on Tuesday after a magazine article portrayed the general and his staff as openly contemptuous of some senior members of the Obama administration.
Associated Press:
McChrystal Says U.S. Ambassador ‘Betrayed’ Him With Criticism of Afghan War Strategy — May 10: Commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan Gen. Stanley McChrystal, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry brief reporters ahead of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit at the White House.
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Andy Barr / The Politico:
Editor: McChrystal didn't push back — Rolling Stone's executive editor on Tuesday said that Gen. Stanley McChrystal did not raise any objections to a new article that repeatedly quotes him criticizing the administration. — Eric Bates, the magazine's editor, said during an interview on MSNBC's …
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Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Rolling Stone editor: There was more we didn't publish
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Tillman mother sought to warn Obama of McChrystal
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Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Civilian press aide resigns amid flap over McChrystal's ‘Rolling Stone’ profile
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Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner on National …:
Military Dissent Should Be Private — By: Victor Davis Hanson
Thomas Sowell / Investor's Business Daily:
Is U.S. Now On Slippery Slope To Tyranny? — When Adolf Hitler was building up the Nazi movement in the 1920s, leading up to his taking power in the 1930s, he deliberately sought to activate people who did not normally pay much attention to politics. — Such people were a valuable addition …
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Jared Allen / The Hill:
Dems won't pass budget in 2010 — House Democrats will not pass a budget blueprint in 2010, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) will confirm in a speech on Tuesday. — But Hoyer will vow to crack down on government spending, saying Democrats will enforce spending limits that are lower than what President Barack Obama has called for.
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Bloomberg:
Deepwater Drilling Ban Lifted by New Orleans Federal Judge — A New Orleans federal judge lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack Obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history. — Obama temporarily halted all drilling in waters deeper …
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New York Times:
As Law Takes Effect, Obama Gives Insurers a Warning — WASHINGTON — President Obama, whose vilification of insurers helped push a landmark health care overhaul through Congress, plans to sternly warn industry executives at a White House meeting on Tuesday against imposing hefty rate increases …
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Byron York / Associated Press:
Amid crises, Obama declares war — on Arizona — The Obama administration has a lot of fights on its hands. Putting aside real wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, there's the battle against leaking oil in the Gulf, the struggle against 9.7 percent unemployment across the country, and clashes over the president's agenda on Capitol Hill.
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Sources: Justice Department to File Lawsuit Against Arizona …
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
In Law Schools, Grades Go Up, Just Like That — One day next month every student at Loyola Law School Los Angeles will awake to a higher grade point average. — But it's not because they are all working harder. — The school is retroactively inflating its grades, tacking on 0.333 to every grade recorded in the last few years.
Blurgh:
OFFICIALLY OUR BEST-EVER CEASE AND DESIST — Recently we got the best-ever cease and desist letter. We're no stranger to the genre, so what could possibly make this one stand out from the rest? — First, it's 12 pages long and very well-researched (except on one point); …
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
Americans to Congress: Give Us Jobs, Not Deficit Dance — It is very impressive that the deficit fear-mongers, led by people like Peter Peterson, David Walker and Alan Simpson, have managed to get all of Washington worked into a self-destructive frenzy over the issue of the federal debt.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Sestak, Toomey tied — Joe Sestak and Pat Toomey are tied in the Pennsylvania Senate race, representing a six point improvement for Sestak from when PPP last polled the race in late March and found Toomey ahead 42-36. — Sestak's progress has come largely by consolidating the Democratic vote …
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