Gen. McChrystal Tells Army He Will Retire

[Dos Equis]

I'm buying his book.   

Gen. McChrystal Tells Army He Will Retire
Published June 28, 2010
AP

WASHINGTON -- Gen. Stanley McChrystal, who was fired last week as the top U.S. general in the stalemated Afghanistan war, has told the Army that he will retire.

Army spokesman Col. Tom Collins said McChrystal notified the service of his plans on Monday, but he has not yet submitted formal retirement papers. It is not clear when he will leave the service, but the process usually take a few months.

President Barack Obama has praised McChrystal's long Army career but says his intemperate remarks in a magazine article that appeared last week could not be abided.

McChrystal apologized for the remarks in Rolling Stone magazine and flew to Washington last week to resign as commanding general of the war.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/28/gen-mcchrystal-tells-army-retire/

[240 is Back]

he's an obama voter who allegedly forbade the playing of FOX news in his HQ.

he undermined his commander in chief during wartime to a Rolling Stone journalist.

he paved the way for obama to neutralize patraeus from any 2012 ticket.



I'd say Obama can pick em!

[BM OUT]

he's an obama voter who allegedly forbade the playing of FOX news in his HQ.

he undermined his commander in chief during wartime to a Rolling Stone journalist.

he paved the way for obama to neutralize patraeus from any 2012 ticket.



I'd say Obama can pick em!

YOU MEAN BUSH CAN PICK EM.THATS BUSHS' GENERAL THAT OBAMA PICKED.OBAMAS GENERAL INSULTED HIM AND HIS ADMINISTRATION.Once again,Obama failed and goes back to Bush for the answer,just like he has in Afghanastan,gittmo,Iraq,etc.Anything that actually has worked,has been from Bush,anything he comes up with on his own fails.

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I'm actually surprised when these people make the right decision. 

White House to let McChrystal retire with 4 stars
By the CNN Wire Staff
June 30, 2010

Washington (CNN) -- President Obama has agreed to waive a Pentagon rule and let outgoing Gen. Stanley McChrystal retire at his full four-star rank, a White House spokesman said Tuesday.

While the general is short of the time needed to retire at his current pay grade, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Obama would ensure he keeps his rank as he steps down.

"The president believes and has talked with Secretary Gates about this, and we will do whatever is necessary to ensure he, somebody who has served the country as he has, can retire at a four-star level," Gibbs told reporters.

McChrystal resigned as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan last week after he and his staff were quoted in a Rolling Stone magazine article criticizing and mocking key administration officials, and he announced Monday that he would retire from the Army.

A senior Pentagon official told CNN that he would have to have held his rank for three years before qualifying for full retirement benefits -- but Obama is waiving that requirement because of McChrystal's many years of "honorable service," the official said.

McChrystal was promoted to four-star rank and assigned to command of the Afghan war in June 2009. Before that, he led U.S. military counterterrorism operations as chief of the Pentagon's joint Special Operations Command.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/29/obama.mcchrystal.retirement/?hpt=T2