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Stanley McChrystal: Quick Facts

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Born August 14, 1954 (age 72) • Fort Leavenworth • Kansas
Role In Afghanistan War • Iraq War

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United States General Stanley McChrystal in military uniform speaks at a podium with a White House emblem in the background.
Stanley McChrystal, 2003.
Stanley McChrystal (left) and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, 2010.
President Barack Obama sits in conversation with Army General Stanley McChrystal, who is in uniform, aboard Air Force One with a lamp and beige furnishings in the background.
Stanley McChrystal (left), commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and David Petraeus, commander in chief of Central Command, 2009.
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