commander in afghanistan, which was a historic decision. doing it twice would create some pretty huge waves. but you know what, one person that president obama did not fire was robert gates, held over as defense secretary from the last administration. secretary gates is known for being willing to make a lot of waves, but one of his favorite ways to make waves is by firing high-ranking officers. the commander at walter reed medical center is the first high-ranking officer to be fired over deplorable conditions at the hospital s out-patient facility. tonight, the army s top civilian officer is out. army secretary francis harvey was fired today. from the very day this scandal broke, defense secretary robert gates has been demanding accountability, and today, he got it. there is yet more fallout tonight. another firing in the scandal over conditions for some of the patients at walter reed army medical center. the army s top doctor is now out. admiral fallon resigned quietly today
now, president obama may be politically and strategically constrained by the fact that he s already fired the top commander in afghanistan, which was a historic decision. doing it twice would create some pretty huge waves. but you know what, one person that president obama did not fire was robert gates, held over as defense secretary from the last administration. secretary gates is known for being willing to make a lot of waves, but one of his favorite way to make waves is by firing high-ranking officers. the commander at walter reed medical center is the first high-ranking officer to be fired over deplorable conditions at the hospital s out-patient facility. tonight, the army s top civilian officer is out. army secretary francis harvey was fired today. from the very day this scandal broke, defense secretary robert gates has been demanding accountability, and today, he got it. there is yet more fallout tonight. another firing in the scandal over conditions for some of the
which he is attached and that he protects is the war in afghanistan. the counterinsurgency doctrine that he has implemented that has tripled the number of troops in afghanistan since george w. bush left office in what is now america s longest war ever. here s what it looks like when lightning hits that lightning rod. this is the latest front pager. look at this. from the military newspaper stars and stripes a general s contempt. it leads president barack obama faces two grim choices on wednesday, fire general stanley mcchrystal and risk looking like he s lost control of the war in afghanistan, or keep him and risk losing like he s lost control of his generals. right now it will be the president who must decide whether he has trust and confidence in general mcchrystal to continue to command this war. the president will speak with general mcchrystal about his comments. and we ll have more to say after that meeting. is mcchrystal s job safe? we ll have more to say af
general stanley mcchrystal now stands atop, the structure to which he is attached and that he protects is the war in afghanistan. the counter insurgency doctrine that he has implemented that has tripled the number of troops in afghanistan since george w. bush left office in now what has become america s longest war ever. here s what it looks like when lightning hits that lightning rod. from the military newspaper stars and stripes a general s contem contempt. it leads president barack obama faces two grim choices on wednesday, fire general stanley mcchrystal and risk looking like he s lost control of the war in afghanistan, or keep him and risk losing like he s lost control of his generals. right now it will be the president who must decide whether he has trust and confidence in general mcchrystal to continue to command this war. the president will speak with general mcchrystal about his comments. and we ll have more to say after that meeting. is mcchrystal s job sa