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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Sep 26, 2024, 12:37 PM Sep 26

Kamala Harris Scores Surprise Endorsement From Ex-Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

Sep 26th, 2024, 11:18 am


Vice President Kamala Harris received a surprise endorsement on Thursday from the former commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

McChrystal became a household name during his time leading U.S. forces overseas and for tendering his resignation to then-President Barak Obama in 2010 after criticizing then-Vice President Joe Biden and other administration officials.

McChrystal backing Harris, who he wrote in a New York Times op-ed he has already voted for, pours cold water all over Harris’s critics claiming she is unfit to lead U.S. foreign policy after her administration’s much-maligned exit from Afghanistan.

“Some deeply consequential decisions are starkly simple. That is how I view our upcoming presidential election.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/kamala-harris-scores-surprise-endorsement-from-ex-commander-of-u-s-forces-in-afghanistan/



Link to OP-Ed - Stanley McChrystal: Why Kamala Harris Has Won Me Over

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