http://s.huffpost.com/images/HuffingtonPost_250x20.png tag:www.huffingtonpost.com,2012:/tag/general-mcchrystal Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/is-the-president-about-to_b_1531661.html 2012-05-20T19:12:23Z 2012-05-20T19:11:21Z Jon Soltz http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/ There have been plenty of men -- from Lyndon Johnson to George W. Bush -- who were too stubborn to face facts, and sent more and more troops into a situation that called for fewer. We often confuse that bravado with leadership. It's not. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/obama-afghanistan">Obama Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/general-mcchrystal">General Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/war-in-afghanistan">War in Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/nato">Nato</a>, <a href="/tag/afghan-war">Afghan War</a>, <a href="/tag/al-qaeda">Al Qaeda</a>, <a href="/tag/president-obama">President Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/votevetsorg">votevets.org</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/how-yales-singapore-ventu_b_1352729.html 2012-03-16T12:21:54Z 2012-03-16T12:25:12Z Jim Sleeper http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/ Liberal education probably couldn't survive without markets and states, but Yale's Richard Levin should be reminded that, in effect, in a liberal capitalist republic like ours, markets and states can't survive without liberal education. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/singapore">Singapore</a>, <a href="/tag/richard-levin">Richard Levin</a>, <a href="/tag/yale">Yale</a>, <a href="/tag/linda-koch-lorimer">Linda Koch Lorimer</a>, <a href="/tag/charles-waterhouse-goodyear">Charles Waterhouse Goodyear</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/john-negroponte">John Negroponte</a>, <a href="/tag/gleonard-baker">G.Leonard Baker</a>, <a href="/tag/charles-ellis">Charles Ellis</a>, <a href="/tag/thucydides">Thucydides</a>, <a href="/education">Education News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/how-the-debacle-in-aghani_b_1302285.html 2012-02-27T15:12:16Z 2012-02-27T15:16:33Z Jim Sleeper http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/ The biggest obstacle to the strategy in Afghanistan wasn't American liberals' failure of nerve, as conservatives seldom pass up a chance to insist. The biggest obstacle was the delusion that Americans could do for Kabul and Kunduz what we refuse to do for New Orleans or Detroit. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/wesley-clark">Wesley Clark</a>, <a href="/tag/david-brooks">David Brooks</a>, <a href="/tag/max-boot">Max Boot</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/john-shalikashvili">John Shalikashvili</a>, <a href="/tag/the-weekly-standard">The Weekly Standard</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/video-of-marine-atrocitie_b_1202309.html 2012-01-12T13:31:33Z 2012-01-12T13:31:54Z Jon Soltz http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-soltz/ There are no words to express my disgust at the video making the rounds today, of U.S. Marines apparently urinating on the dead bodies of the Taliban. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/marines">Marines</a>, <a href="/tag/military">Military</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/pamela-geller">Pamela Geller</a>, <a href="/tag/david-petraeus">David Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/guantanamo">Guantanamo</a>, <a href="/tag/detainee-abuse">Detainee Abuse</a>, <a href="/tag/allen-west">Allen West</a>, <a href="/tag/military-law">Military Law</a>, <a href="/tag/counterinsurgency">Counterinsurgency</a>, <a href="/tag/abu-ghraib">Abu Ghraib</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan-war">Afghanistan War</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/03/exclusive-excerpt-the-operators-michael-hastings_n_1181310.html 2012-01-03T12:21:27Z 2012-01-03T12:36:32Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ In April 2010, Rolling Stone contributing editor Michael Hastings spent a month with Gen. Stanley McChrystal in Europe and Afghanistan, reporting on a... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/michael-hastings-stanley-mcchrystal">Michael Hastings Stanley Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/michael-hastings-afghanistan">Michael Hastings Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/michael-hastings">Michael Hastings</a>, <a href="/tag/the-operators">The Operators</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan-war">Afghanistan War</a>, <a href="/tag/michael-hastings-the-operators-hastings-mcchrystal">Michael Hastings the Operators Hastings Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/david-petraeus-biography_n_1174109.html 2011-12-29T06:30:50Z 2011-12-29T06:51:41Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; Four-star general-turned-CIA director David Petraeus was urged to resign as Afghanistan war commander over President Barack Obama's... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/holly-knowlton">Holly Knowlton</a>, <a href="/tag/video">Video</a>, <a href="/tag/paula-broadwell">PAULA BROADWELL</a>, <a href="/tag/petraeus-biography">Petraeus Biography</a>, <a href="/tag/war-in-afghanistan">War in Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/david-petraeus">David Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/penguin-press">Penguin Press</a>, <a href="/tag/john-allen">John Allen</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/books">Books News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/afghanistan-ten-years-later_b_1000609.html 2011-10-07T18:12:26Z 2011-10-07T18:12:34Z William Bradley http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-bradley/ Osama bin Laden may be the man who crashed the world. With a great deal of help from not unpredictable actions on the part of his enemies. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/condi-rice">Condi Rice</a>, <a href="/tag/navy-seal">Navy SEAL</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/al-qaeda">Al Qaeda</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/george-w-bush">George W. Bush</a>, <a href="/tag/bill-clinton">Bill Clinton</a>, <a href="/tag/dick-cheney">Dick Cheney</a>, <a href="/tag/al-gore">Al Gore</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/tag/osama-bin-laden">Osama Bin Laden</a>, <a href="/tag/gary-hart">Gary Hart</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/iran">Iran</a>, <a href="/tag/taliban">Taliban</a>, <a href="/tag/israel">Israel</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/afghanistan-war-mcchrystal-simplistic_n_999282.html 2011-10-06T20:09:12Z 2011-10-06T20:09:35Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- The U.S. began the war in Afghanistan with a "frighteningly simplistic" view of the country, and even 10 years later lacks knowledge tha... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/council-on-foreign-relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a>, <a href="/tag/taliban">Taliban</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/al-qaeda">Al Qaeda</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan-war">Afghanistan War</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-i-mitroff/the-gap-between-the-size-_b_953100.html 2011-09-12T10:38:15Z 2011-09-12T10:40:03Z Ian I. Mitroff http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ian-i-mitroff/ We are in a race against growing ignorance and the forces that take advantage of it. Either we educate people to tolerate complexity or the forces of ignorance will overwhelm us. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan-war">Afghanistan War</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/impact">Impact News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/what-911-can-still-teach-_b_955138.html 2011-09-10T23:59:59Z 2011-09-10T23:51:24Z Jim Sleeper http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-sleeper/ The question we haven't answered since 9/11 is whether a society such as ours has the will and moral resources to defend itself as a wellspring of civic disciplines that sustain a politics of reasonable hope against a politics of fear and misdirected resentment. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/john-negroponte">John Negroponte</a>, <a href="/tag/arab-spring">Arab Spring</a>, <a href="/tag/tony-blair">Tony Blair</a>, <a href="/tag/september-11">September 11</a>, <a href="/tag/decade-after-911---viewpoints">Decade After 9/11 - Viewpoints</a>, <a href="/tag/september-11th-anniversary">September 11th Anniversary</a>, <a href="/tag/911-anniversary">9/11 Anniversary</a>, <a href="/tag/911">9/11</a>, <a href="/tag/decade-after-911---lives-affected">Decade After 9/11 - Lives Affected</a>, <a href="/tag/september-11-anniversary">September 11 Anniversary</a>, <a href="/tag/decade-after-911---coping">Decade After 9/11 - Coping</a>, <a href="/tag/decade-after-911---remembering">Decade After 9/11 - Remembering</a>, <a href="/tag/september-11th">September 11th</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/23/the-mcchrystal-scandal-how-would-you-handle-it_n_918975.html 2010-06-23T18:35:24Z 2011-08-15T13:42:06Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ In one of the most dramatic moves of his presidency thus far, President Obama on Wednesday accepted the resignation of Gen. Stanley McChrystal and rep... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-rolling-stone-interview">Mcchrystal Rolling Stone Interview</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/gen-mcchrystal">Gen. McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/gen-stanley-mcchrystal">Gen. Stanley Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal">Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/petraeus">Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/gen-petraeus">Gen. Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/huffpost-small-business-board-of-directors">HuffPost Small Business Board of Directors</a>, <a href="/tag/gen-david-petraeus">Gen. David Petraeus</a>, <a href="/small-business">Small Business News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-bonifer/drew-westens-tension_b_923864.html 2011-08-11T11:53:38Z 2011-08-11T12:48:44Z Mike Bonifer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mike-bonifer/ Drew Westen's leaving race out of his critique of how Barack Obama is playing the game is like leaving computers out of Bill Gates' story, or leaving love out of Paris. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mitch-mcconnell">Mitch McConnell</a>, <a href="/tag/john-boehner">John Boehner</a>, <a href="/tag/storytelling">Storytelling</a>, <a href="/tag/story">Story</a>, <a href="/tag/mike-bonifer">Mike Bonifer</a>, <a href="/tag/drew-westen">Drew Westen</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/narrative">Narrative</a>, <a href="/tag/new-york-times">New York Times</a>, <a href="/tag/timothy-geithner">Timothy Geithner</a>, <a href="/tag/gamechangers">Gamechangers</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/jeffrey-immelt">Jeffrey Immelt</a>, <a href="/tag/ge">G.E.</a>, <a href="/tag/improvistion">Improvistion</a>, <a href="/media">Media News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-greenwald-and-derrick-crowe/general-petraeus-parting-_b_898842.html 2011-07-14T16:55:38Z 2011-07-14T16:56:11Z Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-greenwald-and-derrick-crowe/ Violence in Afghanistan is at the highest levels observed in the 10-year conflict. The simple fact is that security for Afghans is worse now than it was before the Obama Administration's repeated escalations. Nothing General Petraeus can say will change this fact. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/war-in-afghanistan">War in Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal">Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/petraeus">Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/rethink-afghanistan">Rethink Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/16/stanley-mcchrystal-lobbyist_n_862500.html 2011-05-16T16:25:12Z 2011-05-16T16:25:17Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON -- As they say in Washington, old soldiers never die -- they just fade into cushy, off-the-books sinecures on K Street. Stanley McChrystal... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/jeff-schockey">Jeff Schockey</a>, <a href="/tag/jerry-lewis">Jerry Lewis</a>, <a href="/tag/lobbying">Lobbying</a>, <a href="/tag/lobbyists">Lobbyists</a>, <a href="/tag/the-mcchrystal-group">The Mcchrystal Group</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-group">McChrystal Group</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-lobbying">Stanley Mcchrystal Lobbying</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-lobbyist">Stanley Mcchrystal Lobbyist</a>, <a href="/tag/k-street">K Street</a>, <a href="/tag/john-scofield">John Scofield</a>, <a href="/tag/bill-lowery">Bill Lowery</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/13/jsoc-covert-group-osama-bin-laden_n_861931.html 2011-05-13T20:49:42Z 2011-05-13T20:49:55Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Before the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound earlier this week, President Obama had experience monitoring a white-knuckles counterterrorism operation... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/osama-bin-laden-dead">Osama Bin Laden Dead</a>, <a href="/tag/abu-musab-al-zarqawi">Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi</a>, <a href="/tag/central-intelligence-agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a>, <a href="/tag/osama-bin-laden-death">Osama Bin Laden Death</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/devgru">Devgru</a>, <a href="/tag/pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/tag/george-w-bush">George W. Bush</a>, <a href="/tag/somali-pirates">Somali Pirates</a>, <a href="/tag/navy-seal">Navy SEAL</a>, <a href="/tag/osama-bin-laden-killed">Osama Bin Laden Killed</a>, <a href="/tag/iran-hostage-crisis">Iran Hostage Crisis</a>, <a href="/tag/joint-special-operations-command">Joint Special Operations Command</a>, <a href="/tag/jsoc">Jsoc</a>, <a href="/tag/michael-flynn">Michael Flynn</a>, <a href="/tag/seal-team-six">Seal Team Six</a>, <a href="/tag/barack-obama">Barack Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/al-qaeda">Al Qaeda</a>, <a href="/tag/osama-bin-laden">Osama Bin Laden</a>, <a href="/tag/geronimo-osama-bin-laden">Geronimo-Osama-Bin-Laden</a>, <a href="/tag/cia">Cia</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/geronimo">Geronimo</a>, <a href="/tag/william-mcraven">William-Mcraven</a>, <a href="/tag/naval-special-warfare-development-group">Naval Special Warfare Development Group</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/02/stanley-mcchrystal-osama-bin-laden_n_856571.html 2011-05-02T16:34:00Z 2011-05-02T16:34:00Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. &mdash; The raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan took extraordinary courage not only from the service members who ca... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-osama-bin-laden-statement">McChrystal Osama Bin Laden Statement</a>, <a href="/tag/osama-bin-laden-dead">Osama Bin Laden Dead</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-osama-bin-laden-statement">Stanley McChrystal Osama Bin Laden Statement</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-osama-bin-laden">McChrystal Osama Bin Laden</a>, <a href="/tag/osama-bin-laden-death">Osama Bin Laden Death</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-osama-bin-laden">Stanley McChrystal Osama Bin Laden</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-on-osama-bin-laden">Stanley McChrystal on Osama Bin Laden</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-statement">McChrystal Statement</a>, <a href="/tag/osama-bin-laden">Osama Bin Laden</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-statement">Stanley McChrystal Statement</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/18/stanley-mcchrystal-rolling-stone-investigation_n_850660.html 2011-04-18T14:57:00Z 2011-04-18T14:57:44Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ WASHINGTON &mdash; A Pentagon inquiry into a Rolling Stone magazine profile of Gen. Stanley McChrystal that led to his dismissal as the top US command... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-investigation">Stanley McChrystal Investigation</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-rolling-stone-profile">Stanley McChrystal Rolling Stone Profile</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-investigation">McChrystal Investigation</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-probe-results">Stanley McChrystal Probe Results</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-prove">McChrystal Prove</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-inquiry">Stanley McChrystal Inquiry</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal">Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-rolling-stone">Stanley Mcchrystal Rolling Stone</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-pentagon-investigation">Stanley McChrystal Pentagon Investigation</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-probe">Stanley McChrystal Probe</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-investigation-results">Stanley McChrystal Investigation Results</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-rolling-stone-profile">McChrystal Rolling Stone Profile</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-pentagon-probe">Stanley McChrystal Pentagon Probe</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/14/pat-tillmans-mother-mcchrystal_n_849039.html 2011-04-14T08:33:58Z 2011-04-14T08:33:58Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Mary Tillman, mother of Pat Tillman, the former professional football player turned Army Ranger who was tragically killed by friendly fire 7 years ago... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/pat-tillman">Pat Tillman</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/pat-tillman-death">Pat Tillman Death</a>, <a href="/tag/pat-tillman-mom">Pat Tillman Mom</a>, <a href="/tag/pat-tillman-mother">Pat Tillman Mother</a>, <a href="/tag/military">Military</a>, <a href="/tag/mary-tillman">Mary Tillman</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brenner/iraq-war-progress_b_848015.html 2011-04-12T11:00:32Z 2011-04-12T11:00:17Z Michael Brenner http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-brenner/ The professional successes racked up by those who produced the catastrophe of Iraq calls our attention to how evanescent memories of that historic exercise in deceit and failure are. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/us-foreign-policy">u.s. Foreign Policy</a>, <a href="/tag/condoleezza-rice">Condoleezza Rice</a>, <a href="/tag/war-in-afghanistan">War in Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq-war">Iraq War</a>, <a href="/tag/war-in-iraq">War in Iraq</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/petraeus">Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/iraq">Iraq</a>, <a href="/tag/shiites">Shiites</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/general-mcchrystals-new-j_b_847813.html 2011-04-11T19:10:49Z 2011-04-11T19:10:49Z Harry Shearer http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/ How tone-deaf do you have to be to appoint a man tainted by the cover-up of the friendly-fire death of Pat Tillman as head of an advisory panel helping service members' families? <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/president-obama">President Obama</a>, <a href="/tag/general-mcchrystal">General Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/pat-tillman">Pat Tillman</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-troops">Mcchrystal Troops</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-pat-tillman">Mcchrystal Pat Tillman</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal">Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-new-position">Mcchrystal New Position</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/11/mcchrystal-joining-forces_n_847295.html 2011-04-11T00:39:44Z 2011-04-11T00:39:44Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who was relieved of command in Afghanistan after a magazine profile quoted his subordinates as disparaging senior civilian... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/mcchrystal">Mcchrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/mcchrystal-joining-forces">McChrystal Joining Forces</a>, <a href="/tag/military">Military</a>, <a href="/tag/patricia-shinseki">Patricia Shinseki</a>, <a href="/tag/obama-mcchrystal">Obama McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/richard-parsons">Richard Parsons</a>, <a href="/tag/joining-forces">Joining Forces</a>, <a href="/tag/military-families">Military Families</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan-war">Afghanistan War</a>, <a href="/politics">Politics News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rosenbaum/the-web-of-ted_b_832111.html 2011-03-06T23:09:41Z 2011-03-06T23:15:27Z Steve Rosenbaum http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-rosenbaum/ TED's mission -- "leveraging the power of ideas to change the world" -- may have been impossible in the world of 2006. But in the new open connected world, it may just be happening. <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/ted">Ted</a>, <a href="/tag/chris-anderson">Chris Anderson</a>, <a href="/tag/bill-gates">Bill Gates</a>, <a href="/tag/steven-rosenbaum">Steven Rosenbaum</a>, <a href="/tag/ted2011">ted2011</a>, <a href="/tag/steve-rosenbaum">Steve Rosenbaum</a>, <a href="/technology">Technology News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/04/general-stanley-mcchrystal-middle-east_n_831754.html 2011-03-04T23:22:19Z 2011-03-05T17:08:28Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Amidst the recent turmoil in the Middle East, General Stanley McChrystal, former commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said the U.S. will benefit f... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/arab-protests">Arab Protests</a>, <a href="/tag/middle-east-protests">Middle East Protests</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-arab-world">Stanley McChrystal Arab World</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-middle-east">Stanley McChrystal Middle East</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/ted-2011">Ted 2011</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-ted-2011">Stanley McChrystal TED 2011</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal-ted">Stanley McChrystal TED</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/nine-boys-and-a-war-new-yorker_n_830639.html 2011-03-02T22:41:41Z 2011-03-02T22:42:12Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ Ten boys went out to gather firewood in a valley in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Only one came home; his name is Hemad, and this is what he had to say, as ... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/hamid-karzai">Hamid Karzai</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/david-petraeus">David Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/general-david-petraeus">General David Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/tag/pech-valley">Pech-Valley</a>, <a href="/tag/kunduz">Kunduz</a>, <a href="/tag/kabul-afghanistan">Kabul-Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/nato">Nato</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/general-stanley-mcchrystal">General Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/afghan-civilians">Afghan Civilians</a>, <a href="/tag/camp-blessing">Camp Blessing</a>, <a href="/tag/kunar-province">Kunar Province</a>, <a href="/tag/afghan-civilian-deaths">Afghan Civilian Deaths</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/02/petraeus-apologizes-for-deaths-afghan-children_n_830630.html 2011-03-02T22:08:35Z 2011-03-02T22:08:41Z The Huffington Post News Team http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-news/ KABUL--U.S. Gen. David Petraeus, the coalition's commander in Afghanistan, issued a rare apology Wednesday for a helicopter strike that killed nine ch... <p>Read more: <a href="/tag/hamid-karzai">Hamid Karzai</a>, <a href="/tag/kabul-afghanistan">Kabul-Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, <a href="/tag/nato">Nato</a>, <a href="/tag/general-david-petraeus">General David Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/david-petraeus">David Petraeus</a>, <a href="/tag/kabul">Kabul</a>, <a href="/tag/stanley-mcchrystal">Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/general-stanley-mcchrystal">General Stanley McChrystal</a>, <a href="/tag/pech-valley">Pech-Valley</a>, <a href="/tag/afghan-civilians">Afghan Civilians</a>, <a href="/tag/kunduz">Kunduz</a>, <a href="/tag/camp-blessing">Camp Blessing</a>, <a href="/tag/kunar-province">Kunar Province</a>, <a href="/tag/afghan-civilian-deaths">Afghan Civilian Deaths</a>, <a href="/world">World News</a></p>