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The Eikenberry Memo And The Leak War

By Chris Good

Nov 12 2009, 4:38 PM ET Comment

In September, an assessment by Obama's Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChyrstal justifying the urgency of his troop surge request was leaked to the Washington Post's Bob Woodward, temporarily putting heat on the White House to accede to the troop request or face potential contempt of his generals...

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