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Edwin Mora,CNSNews As of July 31,almost half of all U.S. fatalities in Afghanistan have happened on President Barack Obama’s watch. Since Obama took office in January 2009,558 U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan,out of 1,127 since the war began nine years ago,according [...] By Floyd and Mary Beth Brown With the deaths of three additional U.S. troops on July 29,this month is officially the bloodiest of the nine-year conflict in Afghanistan. The death toll for July is up to 63 and it captures the record as the deadliest month for Americans [...] Ben Chapman,Floyd Reports Staff Writer The news of the leak of over 75,000 secret military documents seems to be no big deal to Obama. After all,it’s only the largest leak since the Pentagon Papers about Vietnam and is likely to greatly endanger our Afghan allies’lives. [...] By John R. Guardiano,American Spectator President Obama agrees with me:General McChrystal is not guilty of insubordination. "Stan McChrystal has always shown great courtesy and carried out my orders faithfully"[emphasis added],Obama said Wednesday. But what about "bad judgment"? Were General McChrystal and his staff guilty of [...] By JENNIFER LOVEN and ANNE GEARAN Associated Press Writers 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 and is replacing him with Gen. David Petraeus,head of U.S. Central Command. McChrystal [...] This is a full text pdf of the profile by Rolling Stone which has caused an uproar this week against General McChyrstal. But it also exposes the military’s distrust and lack of confidence in Obama and his National Security Team. Read it here. [...] CNN- Gen. Stanley McChrystal met with President Barack Obama on Wednesday morning —a meeting that may have decided McChrystal’s fate in the wake of politically explosive remarks the general and his aides made about key Obama administration officials in Rolling Stone magazine. The White House has asked the Pentagon to make [...] The Oval- General Stanley McChrystal suddenly left the White House after a 30-minute meeting this morning with President Obama —and less than 90 minutes before a major national security meeting on the Afghanistan war that McChrystal has been commanding. McChrystal was not seen returning to the White [...] | ||
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