Saturday, June 26, 2010

Washington Post: Today's Headlines & Columnists

TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS
McChrystal allies say article broke ground rules
It was 2:30 Tuesday morning in Kabul, after a busy day of travel to Kandahar and meetings with top Afghan officials, when Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal was awakened by an aide with grim news.
(By Karen DeYoung and Rajiv Chandrasekaran, The Washington Post)

Lawmakers guide Wall Street reform into homestretch
Industry left largely intact Regulators to gain more sway over risky investments
(By David Cho, Jia Lynn Yang and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post)

At G-8, Obama faces hard sell on recovery
European leaders not as keen on public stimulus spending
(By Scott Wilson, The Washington Post)

Cheney in hospital, will be kept through weekend
Former vice president complained of being uncomfortable
(By Michael D. Shear, The Washington Post)

Palin arrives at Calif. campus amid controversy
(By GARANCE BURKE, AP)

More Today's Highlights

SPORTS
Oilers take Hall No. 1 in NHL draft; Seguin to Bs
LOS ANGELES -- The Edmonton Oilers selected forward Taylor Hall with the No. 1 pick in the NHL draft on Friday, finally ending a yearlong debate about the two best 18-year-old prospects in hockey.
(By GREG BEACHAM, AP)

Torre faces Yankees for 1st time since leaving NY
(By BETH HARRIS, AP)

Langhorne's career-high 27 help Mystics win 4th in row
(By Katie Carrera, The Washington Post)

Nats blow big lead, lose 7-6 to Orioles
Guzman's throwing error in ninth yields eighth loss in 10 games
(By Gene Wang, The Washington Post)

Washington greets Wall like a conquering hero
(By Michael Lee, The Washington Post)

More Sports

STYLE
A Tolstoy with a tale to weave
As a vestige of Russian aristocracy and heir to a literary legacy, he is an unlikely resident of St. Mary's Court, a low-income assisted-living facility in Foggy Bottom.
(By T. Rees Shapiro, The Washington Post)

Post blogger resigns after messages leak
(By Howard Kurtz, The Washington Post)

Henry Roth, revived but not revitalized
(By Troy Jollimore, The Washington Post)

TODAY AT THE FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL
(The Washington Post)

Grad school rejection doesn't mean failure
(By Carolyn Hax, The Washington Post)

More Style

Deafening silence on Haiti
THE U.S. CONFERENCE of Mayors, meeting at its annual convention this month in Oklahoma City, did something extraordinary. With no dissent, the mayors called on President Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to "promptly" grant entry to 55,000 Haitian visa candidates with relativ...
(The Washington Post)

An 'honest' decision
The Supreme Court was right: An anti-corruption law was too broad.
(The Washington Post)

Stalin, hero of D-Day?
A U.S. memorial pays homage to a Soviet tyrant.
(The Washington Post)

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Police: Argument over butter turns to violence

Police: Argument over butter turns to violence http://tinyurl.com/28gvekh

Butter vs. Margarine

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Friday, June 25, 2010

The Capital Gazette: Judge kills Anne Arundel slots referendum

Judge kills Anne Arundel slots referendum

Opponents of a proposed slots casino at a suburban Maryland mall lost a legal battle when a judge ruled their effort to block the gaming site through a public vote on the matter was not legal.

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Off Track Art studio work in progress

January 22, 2009

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Exposed: The Left's anti-Glenn Beck smear campaign



We should've seen it coming. As his Fox News Channel television audience exploded in 2009, it was only a matter of time before the liberal Left organized itself into a full-court press against Glenn Beck. Since the conservative radio phenom made the jump from CNN's Headline News to FNC, Beck has set cable ratings records, adding more fans to his radio audience of millions. His five o'clock timeslot on Fox has grown to rival the primetime titans of cable news, Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. Though O'Reilly and Hannity are no strangers to hatred from liberals, Glenn Beck's "fusion of entertainment and enlightenment" incites a particularly unique level of vitriol unmatched by any other television commentator today. The concentrated disdain for Beck has also united the Left behind one common goal: getting him off the air. Various levels of the Left—from grassroots organizers to the Obama White House—are working in an all-hands-on-deck concert to discredit Beck with a barrage of attacks in a relentless smear campaign. Order your subscription today to ensure you get the July 2010 issue. You've heard Beck talk about this piece and our list of "The 100 Americans the Left Hates Most" from our July 2010 issue. In fact, he had the writer of this piece, Meredith Jessup, on his program this morning. Here's an excerpt from Meredith's report: LET THE BOYCOTTS BEGIN To Beck's regular audience, his disregard for political correctness and adherence to no-nonsense common sense are refreshing. To his detractors, he is a fear-mongering extremist whose opinions represent reckless "vitriolic rhetoric." When third-year University of Wisconsin law student Angelo Carusone was annoyed by Beck's "controversial" opinions, he launched StopBeck.com—an online effort aimed at pressuring advertisers to withdraw their commercial support from Beck's broadcast on Fox and, in turn, force Beck off the air. Working from an office in his two-bedroom apartment in Madison, Wis., Carusone sends sound bites of Beck's show to corporate sponsors and questions whether their products and services should support Beck's programming. In many cases, this slight nudge is enough to make the targeted advertisers pull their commercials. If advertisers don't pull their support, Carusone uses his website and social networking sites to organize other Beck opponents—including his nearly 8,000 followers on Twitter—to bombard the companies with messages in support of a Beck advertising boycott. And if the snowballing effect of thousands of outspoken anti-Beck activists doesn't stir enough commotion for a company to relent, Carusone picks up the phone to personally confront them. In what he calls his "least flattering method of persuasion," Carusone argues with corporate media executives until they give in. StopBeck.com also claims that Beck "uses his media platform to disseminate vitriolic hateful rhetoric and stoke racial anxieties," and the group works in conjunction with ColorofChange.org—a group founded by dismissed Obama green jobs czar Van Jones—in boycotting Beck's commercial sponsors. Both organizations disparaged Beck for questioning President Obama's personal motives in condemning the Cambridge, Mass., Police for arresting Harvard professor Henry Gates in 2009. ColorofChange.org Executive Director James Rucker told Townhall that the group's goal has been "to bring Beck's pattern of race-baiting to advertisers' attention, to let them know about our members' concerns and to ask whether those companies feel comfortable enabling Beck's rhetoric." But when rapper Kanye West infamously stated that President George W. Bush "doesn’t care about black people" following Hurricane Katrina, there was no boycott of West's album sales. And when pressed by Townhall about uber-Leftist comedian Bill Maher's recent comments about Barack Obama not being a "real black president" because he didn't carry a loaded pistol in his waistband, Rucker and Color of Change did not respond. By Color of Change's own standards, these comments seem "repulsive and dismissive," yet Beck and Fox News remain the group's only boycott targets. Color of Change and StopBeck.com represent a small niche of the anti-Beck movement on the Left that uses advertising dollars as leverage to silence what they refer to as Glenn Beck's "brand of hate"—a "brand" they’ve constructed by using selective interpretation of mere fragments of Beck's contextual dialogue. But the Left's efforts in smearing and silencing Beck run well beyond the limits of these two online campaigns. The complex structure of the Left's Glenn Beck smear campaign also includes some familiar big players in liberal politics. Read the whole thing in the newest copy of Townhall magazine.
Also, if you haven't seen it already, Glenn Beck discussed "The Anatomy of a Smear Campaign," featured in the July issue of Townhall Magazine, on his television show yesterday!
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Dr. Douglas Chilcoat, 71, formerly of Westminster, dies in Alaska http://tinyurl.com/22t6qdu

Dr. Douglas Chilcoat, 71, formerly of Westminster, dies in Alaska http://tinyurl.com/22t6qdu

Longtime veterinarian had one of area's first 24/7 care centers

http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/4441/dr-douglas-chilcoat-71-formerly-westminster-dies-alaska/ http://tinyurl.com/22t6qdu

By Kevin Dayhoff, Posted 6/24/10 (686 words)

(Enlarge) 2009 photo of Dr. Douglas Chilcoat with a sled dog resting in his lap during the 2009 Iditarod Trail in Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Jeff Schultz/SchultzPhoto.com)

A photo of Chilcoat with a sled dog resting his head in his lap may be found on the “Alaska Stock Images website here: http://tinyurl.com/2bwcnx4: “Veterinarian Douglas Chilcoat from Talkeetna examines a David Sawatzky dog at Takotna during Iditarod 2009.”

Another photo of Chilcoat during the Iditarod may be found here: http://tinyurl.com/23q4lsx: “Veterinarian Douglas Chilcoat checks one of Wayne Curtis Siberian Huskies in Koyuk on Friday during Iditarod 2008.”

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Dr. Douglas Chilcoat, 71, a longtime veterinarian in the Westminster area, died unexpectedly June 17, 2010, at his home in Talkeetna, Alaska.

Chilcoat began practicing veterinary medicine in the early 1970s in Westminster. For more than 30 years, he maintained a practice at the Westminster Veterinary Hospital at the intersection of New Windsor Road and West Main Street.

Chilcoat was one the first area vets to maintain a 24-hour emergency animal care service. A Baltimore Sun article from May 31, 1994, noted, “Starting tomorrow, pet owners won't have to worry about waking their regular veterinarian to rush to the office when an animal companion becomes seriously ill or is injured during the night….

Several years ago, Chilcoat relocated and started a new veterinary practice in Talkeetna, a small town of about 778 residents in the Upper Susitna Valley, where the Susitna, Chulitna and Talkeetna Rivers come together, two-and-half hours north of Anchorage, Alaska. Mt. McKinley is nearby and the area is well known for salmon fishing and spectacular scenery.
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“Cicely,” the fictional town from the television series “Northern Exposure” was “based on Talkeetna, a town on the rail line between Anchorage and Denali National Park, with plenty of its own quirks…,” according to a Sept. 30, 2007, article in the San Francisco Chronicle.

News of his death spread through the Carroll County community earlier in the week primarily by word of mouth. An article published by KTNA, a community radio station in Talkeetna, on June 17, included, “Dr Chilcoat was a practicing veterinarian in Talkeetna, and also served as a volunteer veterinarian in the Iditarod Trail sled dog race. He was well known by dog and other pet owners in the Upper Susitna Valley.”

Read the entire article here: http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/4441/dr-douglas-chilcoat-71-formerly-westminster-dies-alaska/

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Investigative Voice: Illegal immigrant charged in fatal crash

NEWS FLASH — Illegal immigrant charged in fatal crash

Tuesday, 22 June 2010 18:32

The passenger of this vehicle was killed Monday morning when its intoxicated 22-year-old driver lost control on the JFX near Pennsylvania Railroad Station and the truck slammed into a Jersey wall.

An illegal immigrant has been charged with reckless driving in connection with a grisly Monday morning accident on I-83 that left his passenger dead, the Baltimore Sun has reported.

The crash occurred when Freddy Cortez Flores, 22, who police say was driving drunk, lost control of his vehicle and traveled across several lanes of the Jones Falls Expressway.

The truck slammed into a Jersey wall.

Forced partially out of the window and dragged along the wall was a passenger The Sun identified as Carlos O. Cardoza Portillo, who was killed by the impact.

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Marine Missing in Action From World War I Identified

Marine Missing in Action From World War I Identified

Tuesday, June 22, 2010 Cold War Veterans Blog

http://cold-war-veterans-blog.blogspot.com/2010/06/marine-missing-in-action-from-world-war.html

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from World War I, have been identified and returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

U.S. Marine First Sergeant George H. Humphrey of Utica, N.Y., will be buried on Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery. On Sept. 15, 1918, Humphrey participated in the first U.S.-led offensive of the war under the command of Gen. John J. Pershing. The battle with the Germans became known as the St. Mihiel Offensive. There were 7,000 Allied losses during this offensive and it was the first use of the American use of the term "D-Day" and the first use of tanks by American units.

Humphrey, a member of the U.S. 6th Marine Regiment, attached to the Army's 2nd Infantry Division, was killed in action during the battle and his remains were buried by fellow Marines the next day.

Read the rest here: http://cold-war-veterans-blog.blogspot.com/2010/06/marine-missing-in-action-from-world-war.html

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This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle http://www.thetentacle.com/

Thursday, June 24, 2010

My Frederick

Patricia A. Kelly

I started to back out of my driveway (actually a private city right-of-way) the other day, and what did I find blocking my way but a bicycle and cart, one of several in the alley and garage across from me.

Going in the Red for Green

Adam Avery

Our Frederick Board of County Commissioners and Frederick County Board of Education recently held a joint meeting. One of their agenda items was the proposition to install a green roof on a portion of the new constructed at Lincoln Elementary School. Such a project should be cost prohibitive during good economic times. Such a project shouldn't even be discussed during bad times.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The First Among The Many

Kevin E. Dayhoff

The name Isaac Smith is not necessarily a household word for most people. He died on May 17, 1792. From various accounts we learn that he was a man of many talents including a war hero, farmer, doctor, and politician.

Pandas, Pandas and More Pandas – Part 2

Tom McLaughlin

Ya’an Bifeng Xia, China – The introduction of the panda into wild was the topic of my conversation with Dr. Tang Chunxiang, director and professor of the Ya’an Bifeng Xia (Green Mountain Valley) of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, about 150 km from Chengdu, China. Dr. Tang was gracious enough to grant me time from of a very busy schedule.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Deadly Hayward Intersection

Roy Meachum

Patience came to me, as I older grow. Maybe it’s a natural tendency to slow things down in the twilight years.

A Cuban History Lesson – Part 2

Nick Diaz

In my last installment, I mentioned how this November I’ll be celebrating the 50^th anniversary of my arrival in the U.S.A. from my native Cuba. My mother and I flew out of Michael Moore’s paradise on Election Day, 1960; my father joined us on the day of John F. Kennedy’s Inauguration, January 20, 1961.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Campaign Diary – Big Fundraiser

Michael Kurtianyk

Something that was weeks in planning finally came to fruition. A friend had agreed to hold a fundraiser for me at his house. We used online social media, personal communications, and phone calls to invite people to our event.

The World Cup and the Redskins

Tom McLaughlin

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia – It’s Saturday morning following the opening games of the World Cup. They started here at 10 P.M. and ran through the night because of the time difference. Both matches, South Africa vs. Mexico and Uruguay vs. France, played to a draw.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Obama and the Oil Spill

Roy Meachum

The morning after the presidential speech from the Oval Office a black friend called, totally upset. He had been listening to TV commentators.

Why Hayek, Why Now?

Joe Charlebois

Friedrich A. Hayek was the leading light in classical liberalism in the 20th Century. He was also well versed in psychology and political thought. He witnessed the acceptance of socialism in Europe, which developed into the totalitarian states of National Socialist Germany and the Fascistic Italy. He watched as the loss of individual freedoms was replaced with “freedom from want” by ever increasing socialist governments.

2010 Election Candidates

John W. Ashbury

As a public service TheTentacle.com will publish every Friday the list of candidates who have filed for the various elective offices which will appear on the ballot in the September Primary Election. If errors appear, please notify me at info@thetentacle.com. [Note: As of June 17, the filing dates for all candidates are no longer listed on the state and county websites.]

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Life Changing Events…

Joan McIntyre

Take a deep breath and relax, there isn’t a bumpy ride in sight this week, that is unless you consider my daughters’ taxi rides in India, of course. That comment will become perfectly clear to you once you visit her blog.

Coming Soon to a Website Near You

Amanda Haddaway

Political candidates are increasingly using social media as a way to reach and interact with voters. The appeal is clear. Since social media is largely free, it is attractive to many candidates as they try to stretch their precious campaign dollars even further.

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

To preserve the American Dream

Kevin E. Dayhoff

In the early hours of Monday morning my late night meanderings at the keyboard were interrupted by a cryptic message on the police scanner – a motorist had fired on a Carroll County deputy during a traffic stop.

Pandas, Pandas and More Pandas – Part 1

Tom McLaughlin

Chengdu, China – My wife Suriani and I smiled excitedly as we alighted from the taxi at the Panda Research center just a few kilometers from the edge of the town limits of Chengdu. Pandas! Those cute cuddly bears were the reason for our trip and we were finally going to see them.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Missing Rick Weldon

Roy Meachum

Rocky Mackintosh had a column Monday. He more or less replaced Rick Weldon on TheTentacle.com.

Preparing for The Smell Test

Farrell Keough

If tomorrow were Election Day, who would you vote to represent you? Most of us have our jobs, careers, or businesses to run and have not given the various candidates much thought.

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

McChrystal spoke truth to power

McChrystal spoke truth to power http://tinyurl.com/2757nx8

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal and the inconvenient truth about “Mission Impossible”

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/06/mcchrystal-spoke-truth-to-power.html

Jun 23, 2010 ... President Barack Obama stripped Army General Stanley McChrystal of his command of US troops in Afghanistan for making disparaging remarks ... Gee, one may only imagine that journalists will have great access to the military now – maybe not…

What we are left with is a mixed bag.

Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal got into trouble with the president and the leadership of the Democrat Party because he publicly said what many in the military and foreign policy development and execution have been saying privately for over a year.

The president had no choice but to relieve him of command.

Of course if Gen. McChrystal had uttered such observations during the Bush Administration, there would no end to the praise adulation from the very same Democrat leaders.

In the parlance of those on the left: McChrystal spoke truth to power.

McChrystal out; Petraeus picked for Afghanistan - Yahoo! News
Jun 23, 2010 ... President Barack Obama ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top US commander in Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying that his scathing ...

Would that be this General Betray Us? http://tinyurl.com/2f9atzy

Or this General Betray Us? McCain Asks When Clinton Will Apologize to Petraeus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXcXzoHjqhE&feature=related

Gee, I’m guessing that the appointment of General Petraeus requires a certain “suspension of disbelief.”

The Obama administration's attitude towards the military makes the Clinton administration's view look respectful...

That said, what McChrystal did was wrong. The military protects freedom of speech - it does not practice it.

Not to perseverate upon the issue, however, if the American public were to be aware of the increasingly - absolutely seething intellectual revolt of the American military over the military practices and policy of the Obama administration, it would make the alarm over the economy present like Romper Room.

If the traditional media continues to cover-up for the president, it will only add gasoline to the fire.

I have wanted to write about it; however, I usually avoid anonymous sources... (The most vocal are former Obama supporters.)

I have been observing the military closely since the late 1960s and I find the current unrest in the military unnerving.

The grunts on the frontline in Afghanistan call the war effort, “Mission Impossible.”

In spite of his extraordinary service as a black ops warrior, I have not been a McChrystal fan of the role he has played as the top military commander in Afghanistan.

However firing Gen. McChrystal for expressing the opinion of an increasingly large majority of military could precipitate an even bigger crisis.

How the president handles this current matter is critical. To paraphrase someone wiser: “The inconvenient truth is that when it comes to the substance of his criticism, most in the military think McChrystal ‘was right.’”

While we are attempting to sort it all out, be sure to read the Baltimore Reporter’s June 23, 2010 post: Obama’s Rules of Engagement In Afghanistan Will Ensure Our Failure (Filed under: General, bad foreign policy, Democratic weakness in Defense and the War on Terror) — Robert Farrow from Flopping Aces: The new rules of fighting a war….Obama style, via George F. Will: (h/t The Captain’s Journal.)

It may be found here: http://www.baltimorereporter.com/?p=8158

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Related: "Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal (had) been summoned to Washington to explain a Rolling Stone article that includes highly critical comments by him and his staff about Vice President Biden, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry and other top Obama administration officials." - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/22/AR2010062200813.html?hpid%3Dtopnews&sub=AR

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McChrystal's Job in Peril After Obama Slam

Obama leaving options open on firing McChrystal, Gibbs says
By Michael D. Shear, Ernesto Londo?o and Debbi Wilgoren
Washington Post Foreign Service
June 22, 2010 5:05 AM
President Obama reacted angrily to derogatory comments by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, about administration officials involved in Afghan policy and is leaving his options open about firing him, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Tuesday.

Is Gen. Stanley McChrystal someone the president can afford to fire?
By Greg Jaffe and Ernesto Londono Washington Post Staff Writer
June 22, 2010 11:25 AM
Is Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal someone the president can afford to fire?

Obama the sphinx By Richard Cohen
June 21, 2010 4:33 PM
Like his foreign policy, Obama's intellectualism lacks heart.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal comments in Rolling Stone magazine
Ernesto Londono
Washington Post Foreign Service
June 22, 2010 10:09 AM
Washington Post foreign correspondent Ernesto Londono discusses the latest developments regarding Stanley McChrystal's interview with Rolling Stone magazine in which the top general criticized Obama administration policies in Afghanistan.

McChrystal's press aide resigns amid flap
By Ernesto Londono
Washington Post Foreign Service
June 22, 2010 9:33 AM
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.

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Or this General Betray Us?: McCain Asks When Clinton Will Apologize to Petraeus

Or this General Betray Us? McCain Asks When Clinton Will Apologize to Petraeus http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXcXzoHjqhE&feature=related

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Would that be this General Betray Us?

Would that be this General Betray Us?

I’m just asking?

Oddly enough, MoveOn.org still had this Sept. 2007 ad up as of June 18, according to their Google cache. But if you go to http://pol.moveon.org/petraeus.html now, it’s gone. They kept it there for almost 3 years before taking it down all of a sudden.

Wonder why?

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/23/mcchrystal-out-petraeus-in-moveon-org-scrambling/

McChrystal out, Petraeus in, MoveOn.org scrambling

The Daily Caller - Published: 06/23/10 at 3:46 PM

Our own Jon Ward reports:

President Obama relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his command of the war in Afghanistan Wednesday because of insubordinate remarks by him and his aides in a Rolling Stone article published earlier this week.

“I accepted General Stanley McChrstal’s resignation,” Obama said to reporters in the Rose Garden…

The president is replacing McChrystal with Gen. David Petraeus.
That’s right, this Gen. David Petraeus:

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/23/mcchrystal-out-petraeus-in-moveon-org-scrambling/

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Washington Post News Alert: Obama relieves McChrystal of command; Petraeus to succeed, AP reports

News Alert: Obama relieves McChrystal of command; Petraeus to succeed

01:19 PM EDT Wednesday, June 23, 2010

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President Obama has relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his duties as the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, after McChrystal was quoted criticizing top White House officials in a Rolling Stone article, according to a White House official.

Obama will name Gen. David Petraeus to succeed McChrystal as top war commander in Afghanistan.

Petraeus to take Afghan lead from McChrystal

Obama removes Gen. Stanley McChrystal from duties as commander of U.S. and NATO troops and names Gen. David Petraeus as replacement.

William Branigin, Ernesto Londoño, Michael D. Shear | 2:04 p.m. ET

Gen. McChrystal's resignation statement (.pdf)

Did Biden win the bigger battle?

Tension between the two men dates to last fall in which Biden argued to focus on al-Qaeda leaders.

Anne E. Kornblut

Media Notes: Rolling Stone's Afghan grenade

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McChrystal out; Petraeus picked for Afghanistan - Yahoo! News
Jun 23, 2010 ... President Barack Obama ousted Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top US commander in Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying that his scathing ...
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McChrystal Apologies for Incendiary Article | Danger Room | Wired.com
Jun 21, 2010 ... By now, you've probably heard about the upcoming Rolling Stone profile of General Stanley McChrystal: The one in which the top US commander ...
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The Tentacle: The First Among (Too) Many - by Kevin Dayhoff

The First Among The Many

by Kevin E. Dayhoff Wednesday, June 23, 2010

He was also a deputy sheriff who died in the line of duty when he answered the call to help a fellow officer in a tavern owned by Levi Hunt in what was then Westchester County just outside New York City.

In response to my June 16, column on TheTentacle.com, “To preserve the American Dream,” several sharp-eyed readers asked for more information about the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) observation, “Crime fighting has taken its toll. Since the first recorded police death in 1792, there have been more than 15,000 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.”

As a matter of fact, many news articles about tragedies that befall police officers in the line of duty will state, “Since the first recorded police death in 1792…” but never mention Deputy Smith.

So, what happened in 1792? Who was Deputy Smith and what were the circumstances of his death?

Read the entire column here: http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=3822

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