Gen. McChrystal Is No MacArthur

A half century ago President Harry Truman tamed a rebellious -- and hugely popular -- Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who wanted to dramatically expand the war in Korea by attacking China.
President Obama faces a similar challenge today from his commander in Afghanistan, Gen। Stanley McChrystal, who wants to send tens of thousands more American troops to his war.
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Some See al Qaeda Video a Harbinger of Bin Laden's Unfinished Business

As the halls of Congress rattled last week with arguments over wiretaps and torture and what went wrong with intelligence on Iraq, Dan Coleman was thinking of how the next hijacked plane will fly right into the Capitol building.
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CQ Homeland Security (9/08/2006)