Thursday, June 24, 2010

President Removes Gen. McChrystal; Gen. Petraeus Takes Afghan Command


WASHINGTON - JUNE 23: U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Gen. David Petraeus, who will succeed Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan; and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, to make a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House June 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal was relieved as top commander of the U.S. Forces in Afghanistan by Obama due to disparaging comments he made of members of the Obama administration which were published in Rolling Stone magazine. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON - JUNE 23: Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander of the U.S. Force in Afghanistan, arrives at the White House for a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama June 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. McChrystal was summoned to the White House by the President after a controversial article quoting the general disparaging the Obama Administration was published in Rolling Stone magazine. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Posted by Alan Lessig

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