WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nothing gets Washington's attention like a loud public debate among powerful figures, which is why U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal is the talk of the town.
The 55-year-old top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan has ruffled feathers at the Obama White House for making an open appeal for more U.S. troops in Afghanistan and criticizing an alternative plan floated by Vice President Joe Biden that would rely heavily on airstrikes against al Qaeda targets.
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