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  1. Air Force plans to turn the Taliban to stone at http://is.gd/4LaRu
  2. Gates birthday is today. My attempt to send him a happy birthday email failed. He does not have email, I am told.
  3. Sec Def Gates taping Sunday shows today. Clip likely be released tonight.
  4. Story about a group of guardsmen in Afghanistan---and McChrystal's new rules for body armor and travel. http://is.gd/2XrW2
  5. I just found out that Sec. Gates's public affairs shop is one of my twitter followers!
  6. Is Gates endorsement of McChrystal logic in favor of more troops a big piece of theater?
  7. Gates signs on for more Troops in Afghanistan: http://is.gd/2QJO9
  8. What I hate most about twitter is that most people do not write in English. And I find Twitlish (Twiglish?) very hard to understand.
  9. Just was on the POTUS channel on Sirrus/XM guess I shoulda tweeted that before I was on.
  10. McChrystal is finding creative ways to get some more "trigger pullers" for afghanistan. http://is.gd/2NOLC
  11. This morning's version of the McChrystal assessment story. http://is.gd/2LqNM
  12. Analysis and scoopage about what is in the McChrystal assessment. Expanded story at LA Times.com http://is.gd/2JEcg
  13. McChrystal assessment story on the LA Times site: http://is.gd/2JEcg
  14. My quickie story on the McChrystal assessment is at: http://is.gd/2JCgV
  15. The top commander in Afghanistan has submitted his initial assessment of the Afghan war, calling for a full overhaul of the strategy.
  16. BBC reports that the McChrystal assessment has been sent to Gates and NATO
  17. McChrystal is supposed to deliver his report to Gates as soon as today. Will we get it at once?
  18. @stripesbaron has a cool scoop on the Pentagon rating reporters.
  19. Back at work. Looking for scoops and trying to finish a profile.
  20. What do I want more: a red sox win or to go to bed?