Breaking: General Stanley McChrystal tenders his resignation

Telegraph.co.uk

A senior Capitol Hill source tells me that General Stanley McChrystal had tendered his resignation to President Barack Obama and that the White House is actively discussing a replacement who could be quickly confirmed by the Senate.

The source said that among the names being touted as possible successors are General James Mattis, the outgoing head of the US Joint Forces Command and due to retire after being passed over as US Marine Corps commander, and Lieutenant General William Caldwell, commander of Nato’s Training Mission in Afghanistan.

Of course, offering to resign is not the same as actually resigning and it remains to be seen whether Mr Obama will accept the resignation. Donald Rumsfeld offered to resign as Pentagon chief on more than one occasion but President George W. Bush requested that he continue in post before eventually firing him in November 2006.

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Judge block Gulf offshore drilling moratorium

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge in New Orleans has blocked a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects that was imposed in response to the massive Gulf oil spill.

Several companies that ferry people and supplies and provide other services to offshore drilling rigs had asked U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans to overturn the moratorium.

President Barack Obama’s administration has halted the approval of any new permits for deepwater drilling and suspended drilling at 33 exploratory wells in the Gulf.

Feldman says in his ruling that the Interior Department failed to provide adequate reasoning for the moratorium. He says it seems to assume that because one rig failed, all companies and rigs doing deepwater drilling pose an imminent danger.

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Obama’s Labor Secretary promises government help to illegals

Northeast Intelligence Network

The absurdity of the Obama administration and U.S. lawmakers is beyond words. In 1986, the Immigration Reform and Control Act was passed, making it illegal to knowingly hire or employ illegal aliens. For years, the U.S. government has been slow to act to enforce the law. Now, Secretary of Labor under Barack Hussein Obama, Hilda Solis, is featured in a in a public service announcement promising government assistance on behalf of all workers – including those here illegally – to insure a fair wage.

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