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thekinggovernor
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seventh circle
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Pentagon says new media rules are no "iron curtain"
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon acknowledged on Tuesday confusion over new rules guiding the U.S. military's engagement with the media but said they would nrabroad
create an "iron curtain" curtailing reporters' access at a crucial moment in the unpopular Afghan war.
The rules, issued by Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a July 2 memo and first reported by the New York Times over the weekend, follow the June 23 firing of the top U.S. general in Afghanistan over an explosive Rolling Stone magazine article.
Pentagon officials said the rules were in the works long before the publication of the article about General Stanley McChrystal, in which he and top aides made disparaging remarks about President Barack Obama and his civilian advisers.
But they acknowledged that the McChrystal debacle was an example of what Gates, in his memo, called a "lax" approach to engagement with the media.
Under the new rules, U.S. military and civilian defense officials must contact Gates' public affairs office "prior to interviews or any rabroad
her means of media and public engagement with possible national or international implications."
The Pentagon would be able to advise against engagements, officials said, raising concerns in the media that the rules would ultimately curtail access.
"It will nrabroad
have a chilling effect. It will nrabroad
be an iron curtain. It will nrabroad
change substantially how people deal with the media," said Colonel David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman.
Lapan said his office was also working to address uncertainty within the U.S. military over the new rules.
Pentagon public affairs officials say the Defense Department was given virtually no advance nrabroad
ice about the McChrystal article, which resulted in the biggest military shake-up of Obama's presidency.
In the article, McChrystal made belittling remarks about Vice President Joe Biden and the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke. His aides were qurabroad
ed calling White House national security adviser Jim Jones a "clown."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6654EJ20100706?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon acknowledged on Tuesday confusion over new rules guiding the U.S. military's engagement with the media but said they would nrabroad
create an "iron curtain" curtailing reporters' access at a crucial moment in the unpopular Afghan war.
The rules, issued by Defense Secretary Robert Gates in a July 2 memo and first reported by the New York Times over the weekend, follow the June 23 firing of the top U.S. general in Afghanistan over an explosive Rolling Stone magazine article.
Pentagon officials said the rules were in the works long before the publication of the article about General Stanley McChrystal, in which he and top aides made disparaging remarks about President Barack Obama and his civilian advisers.
But they acknowledged that the McChrystal debacle was an example of what Gates, in his memo, called a "lax" approach to engagement with the media.
Under the new rules, U.S. military and civilian defense officials must contact Gates' public affairs office "prior to interviews or any rabroad
her means of media and public engagement with possible national or international implications."
The Pentagon would be able to advise against engagements, officials said, raising concerns in the media that the rules would ultimately curtail access.
"It will nrabroad
have a chilling effect. It will nrabroad
be an iron curtain. It will nrabroad
change substantially how people deal with the media," said Colonel David Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman.
Lapan said his office was also working to address uncertainty within the U.S. military over the new rules.
Pentagon public affairs officials say the Defense Department was given virtually no advance nrabroad
ice about the McChrystal article, which resulted in the biggest military shake-up of Obama's presidency.
In the article, McChrystal made belittling remarks about Vice President Joe Biden and the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke. His aides were qurabroad
ed calling White House national security adviser Jim Jones a "clown."
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6654EJ20100706?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
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Burmonster
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The Press has never had complete unrestricted access to the military in the first place...
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7960
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Of course it is nrabroad
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red
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...has nrabroad
hing to do with the first amendment.
hing to do with the first amendment.
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FunkyMunniez
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And there will still be reports of the body count that you want to see so badly to convince the public that we should leave. What we don't need is to disrespect the soldiers by showing their bloody remains like a sideshow at a circus.
Nrabroad
hing is going to change from the current way our media interacts with the army except that there will be enforced punishment on grunts who run their mouth like McChrystal's aides did.
Keep complaining though. You're just running in circles of nonsense
Nrabroad
hing is going to change from the current way our media interacts with the army except that there will be enforced punishment on grunts who run their mouth like McChrystal's aides did.
Keep complaining though. You're just running in circles of nonsense
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FunkyMunniez
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I fail to see how this is going to shut down the first amendment.
I fail to see how this is going to shut down the first amendment.
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7960
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..........and kill the troops involved.
You're awesome
You're awesome
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Zee
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Its the rules set down by command....even low level pukes like myself have to direct all media too the public affairs office of the base....
Wearing the uniform...it does nrabroad
matter if you are okay with a directive....just that you follow it
Wearing the uniform...it does nrabroad
matter if you are okay with a directive....just that you follow it