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President Obama Replaces McChrystal With Petraeus (Video)
Today, President Barack Obama announced that he has relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his duties. President Obama has accepted Gen. McChrystal's resignation. The President has replaced Gen. McChrystal with …
General McChrystal Resigns After Controversial Statements About Obama
President Barack Obama on Wednesday accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation from his position as head commander of the war in Afghanistan and named Gen. David Petraeus will replace him. …
News in Brief: Judge With Oil Investments Blocks Drilling Moratorium, and More
A US district judge with investments in affected energy firms blocked President Obama's six-month drilling moratorium Tuesday, The Washington Post reports. The judge's repeal allows BP and other companies …
From Great Man to Great Screwup: Behind the McChrystal Uproar
When the wheels are coming off, it doesn't do much good to change the driver. Whatever the name of the commanding general in Afghanistan, the US war effort will …
Taking Another Look at Susan Boyle, One Year Later
Given the way she surprised the world, it seems fitting that Susan Boyle was born on April Fools' Day (1961). Many of us watched the April 2009 YouTube clip …
Free Clinics at the USSF, Deadly Pollutants and OTC Birth Control
Tens of thousands of progressive activists are converging on Detroit this week for the U.S. Social Forum to envision a better future. In the fight for social justice and …
Obama Fires Gen. McChrystal, Installs Gen. Petraeus
Washington - President Barack Obama Wednesday fired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of the war in Afghanistan. Obama turned to Army Gen. David Petraeus to command the war. …
LIVE: Press Conference on McChrystal Firing
Kyrgyzstan: Is the West Worried Enough?
As Bishkek seeks public support, talk is of a failed state. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyzstan's shaky provisional government is banking that a constitutional referendum this Sunday will provide it …
Jim McCluskey | Preposterous Propositions
Armageddon machines and the merchants of death. English peace activist Jim McClusky examines just a few of the "preposterous propositions" that underpin British - and US - foreign and …