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Stanley McChrystal To Teach At Yale

First Posted: 08/16/10 09:49 AM ET Updated: 05/25/11 06:20 PM ET

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Gen. Stanley McChrystal will teach at Yale this fall, Politico reports.

The four-star general will lecture on leadership in a course at Yale's new Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, which was founded last year with a $50 million gift from pharmaceutical businessman and philanthropist John Jackson and his wife.

The Washington Post reports that McChrystal's class will "examine how dramatic changes in globalization have increased the complexity of modern leadership." In a statement, McChrystal said he was anticipating relaying his "experiences and insights as a career military officer."

According to the Yale Daily News, the graduate-level seminar will reserve some spaces for undergraduates.

Politico reports that McChrystal had been weighing job prospects from "a wide range of places," including non-governmental organizations and large corporations.

At Yale, McChrystal will possibly join the ranks of other high-profile faculty at the institute, including former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo and former Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte. According to the Yale Daily News, Yale President Richard Levin said that "bringing more people with experience in international affairs" was a "priority" of the center.

McChrystal retired from the force in July after a Rolling Stone article quoted him making snide remarks about Obama administration officials.

At his celebratory goodbye party last month, McChrystal gave no hint that he was considering a move to teaching. A close aide of the general told the Associated Press that he planned to live in northern Virginia.

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Gen. Stanley McChrystal will teach at Yale this fall, Politico reports. The four-star general will lecture on leadership in a course at Yale's new Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, which was foun...
Gen. Stanley McChrystal will teach at Yale this fall, Politico reports. The four-star general will lecture on leadership in a course at Yale's new Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, which was foun...
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HighDesertBob
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06:55 PM on 08/17/2010
Hopefully he won't be lecturing on Military Protocol.
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Catulle
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06:09 PM on 08/17/2010
Great news to those that attend the best schools to become the worst people. But then, Yale is well known for this sort of thing.
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inkongirl
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11:05 AM on 08/17/2010
So they cancel the James Franco class and bring in the general?
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blacktrillium
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08:50 AM on 08/17/2010
changes in globalization and how they affect modern leadership? sounds like jargon for imperialism and empire-building.
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airhealth
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02:22 AM on 08/17/2010
Good thing that he's teaching leadership. He may not be as credible teaching, say, teamwork.
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oniya
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02:18 AM on 08/17/2010
Hmmm. How does one go from dissing the Commander in Chief to lecturing in a Yale classroom--by invitation?
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TRRoughRider
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09:02 PM on 08/16/2010
From the Great Ivy League Institution that brought you GWB. And people wonder why of institutions of higher learning are ruining our Country.
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Matthew Harrold
Huzzah!
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08:43 PM on 08/16/2010
So Yale is going to start teaching how to lose wars and your job, and still make money out of it?
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TRRoughRider
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08:58 PM on 08/16/2010
Exactly what they taught GWB.
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HighDesertBob
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06:56 PM on 08/17/2010
Award yourself 5 bonus points for that one.

Fanned!
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leftheaded
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08:14 PM on 08/16/2010
Reason number 28 that I've taken a position at a university in New Zealand. This is disgusting, but at this point, I just have to laugh.
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RevBookburn
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08:11 PM on 08/16/2010
For extra credit: how would you have lied about and cover-up the facts of Pat Tillman's death?
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PRONESE
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07:53 PM on 08/16/2010
The First thing I thought of was this Scene from "Back to School" with Rodney Dangerfield and the irrepressible Sam Kinnison.
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bfgrj_62-Y
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SoapBox37
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07:22 PM on 08/16/2010
I'm sure that others have said this but...

So is he gonna teach "How to Cover Up Friendly Fire Deaths and Get Away With It"?
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08:12 PM on 08/16/2010
What's interesting to me is how three shots to the forehead at point-blank range can be considered "friendly fire." Look at the record and then decide if he was murdered for some nefarious purpose.
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I3addog
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07:18 PM on 08/16/2010
Didn't Bush attend Yale ?

Sounds about right then.
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p-niz
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02:35 AM on 08/17/2010
Dear Sofa King Wee Todd,

Didn't John Kerry attend Yale too? Didn't he lose to G.W. Bush in an election for president too? Don't you think losing to Bush in anything would look bad on a resume? Quit with your blanketed statements... Because I guarantee you that General McChrystal has much to offer young men and women in an academic enviornment and I bet his class is full.
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peowlemeow
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07:02 PM on 08/16/2010
Full circle on "culminating events" weirdness and warmongering.
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Ironquill
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06:58 PM on 08/16/2010
He is too far left to get a job at Stanford's Hoover Institute.
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