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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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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 …
Gordon Lubold / The Politico:
Furious Obama summons McChrystal to explain W.H. slams — The top commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has been summoned to the White House to explain biting and unflattering remarks he made to a freelance writer about President Barack Obama and others in 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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The Atlantic Online:
The Rolling Stone Article's Juiciest Bits — Read the full Rolling Stone article here. — Here are the most interesting paragraphs:
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.
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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Ernesto Londoño / Washington Post:
Civilian press aide resigns amid flap over McChrystal's ‘Rolling Stone’ profile — KABUL — Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal's civilian press aide resigned Tuesday over an upcoming magazine story that portrayed the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and some of his aides as derisive toward Obama administration officials.
Eric Zimmermann / The Hill:
Rolling Stone editor: There was more we didn't publish
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
Military Law Expert: McChrystal Wasn't Insubordinate.
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Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
U.S. indirectly paying Afghan warlords as part of security contract
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘RUNAWAY GENERAL,’ INDEED.... As conditions in Afghanistan remain …
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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Robert Bluey / Fox News:
Why Won't Obama Waive the Jones Act? — Five years ago, in the midst of another crisis in the Gulf of Mexico, the Bush administration waived the Jones Act, easing the way for foreign vessels to move in U.S. waters and between ports. The decision came with the administration under duress for its handling of Hurricane Katrina.
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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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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Poll: Most Say Obama Lacks Clear Plans on the Oil Spill, Energy or Jobs — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — Most Americans do not believe President Obama has a clear plan to deal with the oil spill in the Gulf …
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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.
Associated Press:
SC's Sanford vacations without briefing lt. gov. — COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is back in the office after again taking a vacation without telling the lieutenant governor where he was. — Sanford spokesman Ben Fox would not say Tuesday where the governor was, except to say he's been off.
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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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Jackie Calmes / The Caucus:
Orszag Leaving as Budget Director — Peter R. Orszag will leave his job as the White House budget director in July, according to someone familiar with his plans, making him perhaps the first official to leave the Obama Cabinet and removing a major player from President Obama's economic team.
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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); …
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realtor.org:
May Shows a Continued Strong Pace for Existing-Home Sales — Existing-home sales remained at elevated levels in May on buyer response to the tax credit, characterized by stabilizing home prices and historically low mortgage interest rates, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Anne Barnard / New York Times:
Prosecutors Make Use of Broader Vision on Hate Crimes — In the public's imagination, the classic hate crime is an assault born of animus against a particular ethnicity or sexual orientation, like the case of the Long Island man convicted last month of killing an Ecuadorean immigrant after hunting for Hispanics to beat up.
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Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Schiff qualifies for Senate primary — Connecticut investor Peter Schiff filed enough signatures to qualify for the Republican Senate primary, local officials confirmed Monday, setting up a contested primary between the libertarian-leaning underdog and state GOP-endorsed wrestling executive Linda McMahon.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Texas Governor: Tied — One of the biggest questions about the 2010 election cycle, which we still don't really know the answer to, is whether it will be solely an anti-Democratic year or more broadly an anti-incumbent year. Our newest Texas poll would seem to suggest voter fatigue toward …
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