No surprises in the Senate hearing for confirmation of General Stanley McChrystal, the proposed commander for US forces in Afghanistan. McChrystal offered a pre-emptive apology for his role in the “friendly fire” death of Pat Tillman, the American football player turned special forces soldier, and then gave chapter-and-verse support for the Administration’s counter-insurgency approach:

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