First step Quote by Jim Talent

General McChrystal had to go. Whatever his virtues as a strategist and commander, the 'Rolling Stone' interview fatally compromised his ability to represent the…

— Jim Talent

When my editors and I at 'Rolling Stone' came up with the idea to do a profile of General McChrystal, I simply just e-mailed…

— Michael Hastings

General McChrystal wanted to be on the cover of 'Rolling Stone.'

— Michael Hastings

To General McChrystal, those men on his team are his family. You know, these guys, they would do anything. They would die for each…

— Michael Hastings

When we first met, I was probably six layers down in the military structure, but General McChrystal at that time was a soldier's leader,…

— Chris Fussell

In the early 2009, a campaign plan developed by Petraeus and General McChrystal to defeat the Taliban, they required a minimum force of 40,000.…

— Jack Keane

I would say that [David] Petraeus and [Hillary] Clinton are being handled very difficultly by this administration over arguably exactly the same issue, which…

— Carly Fiorina

In 2012 Roger Ailes, you know, desperately tried to get who into the race? Chris Christie, a somewhat moderate if tough talking from a…

— Donald Trump

Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and at Centcom, is probably the most decorated officer of his generation.

— David Ignatius

“Now I wish I had pushed back hard on his question. I should have said, “You know, Matt, I was the one in the…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

I'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model.

— Paula Broadwell

Despite the fact that David Petraeus is now very highly regarded in foreign policy circles because of his record in both Republican and Democratic…

— Chuck Todd