Clinton, Gates Defend McChrystal in Joint Appearance

At a forum sponsored by the George Washington University to be broadcast tomorrow on CNN’s new Christiane Amanpour program, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates gave a strong endorsement of Gen. Stanley McChrystal, despite the media-fanned controversy over his London comments.

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Media Pushes ‘Rift’ Between McChrystal and Obama

In a London address on Thursday, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, repeatedly defended President Obama’s review of Afghan strategy; encouraged open debate on the controversial question of what to do about the bleak-looking war; recapitulated his argument that a counterinsurgency approach holds the More…