Mattis, Rodriguez, Allen head candidate pack
(Newser) -
With Gen. Stanley McChrystal looking like a goner, attention has turned to the Afghanistan commander's possible replacements. Marine Gen. James Mattis and Marine Lt. Gen. John Allen appear to be frontrunners, though Thomas Ricks notes in
Foreign Policy that Mattis, ironically, "has a reputation... for speaking a little too...
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