Obama only talked with McChrystal once in last 70 days

The Hill:

Gen. Stanley McChrystal said he will not back down from his request for additional troops in Afghanistan, even though Democrats in Congress and the Obama administration have been hesitant to embrace it.

Speaking on CBS’s “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, the new U.S. commander in Afghanistan said pressure to rescind that request will have no affect on his actions going forward.

“Doesn’t affect me at all, and I take this extraordinarily seriously,” McChrystal said, according to a transcript. “I believe that what I am responsible to do is to give my best assessment.”

McChrystal’s recent report -- delivered to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen on Friday and asking for 40,000 more troops -- is a hot-button issue on Capitol Hill, with Democrats hitting the Sunday talk show circuit earlier in the day and saying that the administration should weigh McChrystal’s request very carefully.

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McChrystal also stated that he had only spoken to Obama once in 70 days since taking over as commander in the eight-year-old war.

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He said time is of the essence in a war that experts say has become more difficult than Iraq, and that progress needs to be made fast.

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But, Obama can take his time in making a decision? It is remarkable that Obama has only spoken with his commander once in 70 days. I think President Bush had regular conference calls with Gen. Petraeus. That suggest to me that Bush was more involved and interested in winning and making sure the commander had what he needed.

The Washington Times does not bury the lead on this story.

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  1. I'll bet President Obama has talked to Oprah more than once in the last 70 days. This is an affront to the parents of every soldier and Marine in the Afghanistan theater. Our celebrity president needs to break away from his photo shoots long enough to get a grasp of Afghanistan contingencies.

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