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The Runaway General
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A senior Capitol Hill source tells me that General Stanley McChrystal had tendered his resignation to President Barack Obama and that the White House is actively discussing a replacement who could be quickly confirmed by the Senate.
The source said that among the names being touted as possible successors are General James Mattis, the outgoing head of the US Joint Forces Command and due to retire after being passed over as US Marine Corps commander, and Lieutenant General William Caldwell, commander of Nato’s Training Mission in Afghanistan.
Of course, offering to resign is not the same as actually resigning and it remains to be seen whether Mr Obama will accept the resignation. Donald Rumsfeld offered to resign as Pentagon chief on more than one occasion but President George W. Bush requested that he continue in post before eventually firing him in November 2006.
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyha...signation/
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The Runaway General - by Keith Millea - 23-06-2010, 12:27 AM
The Runaway General - by Magda Hassan - 23-06-2010, 01:00 AM
The Runaway General - by Magda Hassan - 23-06-2010, 01:29 AM
The Runaway General - by Mark Stapleton - 23-06-2010, 02:00 AM
The Runaway General - by Myra Bronstein - 23-06-2010, 07:09 AM
The Runaway General - by Myra Bronstein - 23-06-2010, 07:25 AM
The Runaway General - by Magda Hassan - 23-06-2010, 03:36 PM
The Runaway General - by Peter Lemkin - 23-06-2010, 05:59 PM
The Runaway General - by Jan Klimkowski - 23-06-2010, 10:13 PM
The Runaway General - by Myra Bronstein - 24-06-2010, 05:50 AM

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