Pres. Obama Will Make McChrystal Decision After Discussion Tomorrow

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by Steve Krakauer | 6:15 pm, June 22nd, 2010

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The Gen. Stanley McChrystal Rolling Stone article story will not end today.

Pres. Obama made a brief statement today in a “press spray,” flanked by Hillary Clinton and Robert Gates, and White House correspondents seem to think the implication was McChrystal will keep his job.

“I think it’s clear that the article in which he and his team appear showed poor judgment,” said Obama. “I also want to make sure that I talk to him directly before I make any final decisions.”

That talk will take place tomorrow, but Chuck Todd tweeted he believes McChrystal will stick around: “There is a path for Gen. McCrystal to save his job; everything depends on how the meeting w/POTUS goes tomorrow morning.”

Obama closed the statement by saying:

Whatever decision I make with respect to Gen. McChrystal or any other aspect of Afghan policy is determined entirely on how I can make sure we have a strategy that justifies the enormous courage and sacrifice that those men and women are making over there.

Mark Knoller believes this shows McChrystal is staying. He tweets: “That last quote makes it sound as though Obama will not fire McChrystal so long as he has confidence in his Afghanistan strategy.”

Will it be Helen Thomas or David Paterson? We’ll find out tomorrow…

Here’s Obama’s comments:

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,,, only after conferring with George Soros, moveon.org and MSDNC.
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The UK is already reporting that McChrystal has resigned, so this is anticlimactic.
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-0bama will fire General McChrystal if the General tells him to stick his head where the sun doesn’t shine. Wait! Maybe since -0bama ALREADY has his head in his nether regions, maybe the good General will suggest -0bama has a plexiglas bellybutton installed so he stops bumping into things.