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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 …
Jkavcnn / This Just In:
Gen. Stanley McChrystal: Latest developments — Here are the latest developments involving Gen. Stanley McChrystal, America's top commander in Afghanistan. He and his staff made comments in a Rolling Stone article that appear to mock top civilian officials, including Vice President Joe Biden.
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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 …
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
McCain on McChrystal — In a phone interview this afternoon, Senator John McCain expanded on his statement from this morning on General Stanley McChrystal and the general's comments to Rolling Stone: — “If the president fires McChrystal, we need a new ambassador and we need an entire new team over there.
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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The Politico:
W.H. hints 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.
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 …
New York Times:
McChrystal's Fate Is Unclear as Obama Aides Assail Remarks — WASHINGTON—President Obama's top commander in Afghanistan flew to Washington Tuesday to find out whether he will be fired, after a magazine article quoted him and his staff as speaking critically of top members of President Obama's team.
The Atlantic Online:
The Rolling Stone Article's Juiciest Bits — Read the full Rolling Stone article here. — Here are the most interesting paragraphs:
Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Civilian press aide resigns amid flap over McChrystal's ‘Rolling Stone’ profile
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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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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
McChrystal: An accident waiting to happen
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Did Obama reap what he sowed with McChrystal?
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Republican lawmaker calls for McChrystal's firing
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Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner on National …:
Military Dissent Should Be Private — By: Victor Davis Hanson
defense.gov:
IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Defense Secretary Gates Statement on McChrystal Profile
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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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Yahoo! News:
Judge who overturned drilling moratorium reported owning stock in drilling companies — The federal judge who overturned Barack Obama's offshore drilling moratorium appears to own stock in numerous companies involved in the offshore oil industry—including Transocean, which leased …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Obama's Moratorium on Deep-Water Drilling — WASHINGTON — A federal judge in New Orleans on Tuesday blocked a six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling projects that the Obama administration had imposed in response to the vast oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Administration to appeal strikedown of offshore drilling ban — The Obama administration will immediately appeal a federal judge's decision to strike down its six-month moratorium on offshore drilling. — White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the administration would appeal …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Judge halts Obama's oil-drilling ban — A federal judge in New Orleans halted President Obama's deepwater drilling moratorium on Tuesday, saying the government never justified the ban and appeared to mislead the public in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
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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Phil Jacobs / Baltimore Jewish Times:
Abramoff To Work At Tov Pizza — Jack Abramoff was serving time in Western Maryland. — Now, he'll be serving pizza in Baltimore. — Well, sort of. — Abramoff, 51, is a Capitol Hill lobbyist and businessman who pled guilty in 2006 to felony counts related to his lobbying and political activities.
Rasmussen Reports:
Voters Say Hillary More Qualified To Be President Than Obama, Romney, Gingrich, Palin — U.S. voters think Hillary Clinton is more qualified to be president than Barack Obama, but most believe that both Democrats are more fit for the White House than three top Republicans interested in the job.
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.
Mac McClelland / Mother Jones:
Louisiana Police Pull Over Activist at Behest of BP — Everyone knows by now that BP is stil blocking press access to oil-spill sites even though they're not supposed to anymore. I've been blathering about it for weeks, and it's been all of three days since four contractors wouldn't let me through …
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