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labroadsheet 06-24-2010 a 1 a1 west 1_c k y m tset 06-23-2010 17:53 75¢ designated areas higher 76 pages © 2010 wst thursday june 24 2010 latimes.com mcchrystal is out petraeus is in `i welcome debate obama says `but i won t tolerate division welfare aid cards valid at casinos state-issued debit cards work at some gaming floor atms officials vow cutoff jack dolan reporting from sacramento julian e barnes and christi parsons reporting from washington california welfare recipients are able to use state-issued debit cards to withdraw cash on gaming floors in more than half of the casinos in the state a los angeles times review of records found the cards provided by the department of social services to help recipients feed and clothe their families work in automated teller machines at 32 of 58 tribal casinos and 47 of 90 state-licensed poker rooms the review found state officials said wednesday they were working to determine how much money had been withdrawn from casino atms by people using the welfare debit cards gov arnold schwarzenegger who learned of the issue when asked to comment for this story promised to take immediate action we have instructed our vendors to prohibit these cards from being accepted at atms located in casinos and card rooms schwarzenegger spokesman aaron mclear said wednesday it is reprehensible that anyone would use taxpayer money for anything other than its intended purpose administration officials said the social services agency contracts with a private atm network to handle the electronic transfer of benefits to people on welfare and hadn t noticed that the taxpayer money was being withdrawn at gambling establishments mclear said the system of paying out welfare benefits via bank cards was cre[see welfare a15 mark wilson getty images shake-up president obama with gen david petraeus and pentagon chief robert gates background at the white house after announcing gen mcchrystal s ouster as head of western forces in afghanistan general s downfall was rapid-fire events leading to mcchrystal s ouster played out in less than 48 hours christi parsons and peter nicholas reporting from washington army gen stanley a mcchrystal s team knew it had a problem on its hands june 17 when fact checkers for rolling stone magazine sent in questions for an upcoming cover story did the afghanistan commander s inner circle really refer to itself as team america read one question that landed on the desk of mcchrystal s press aide duncan boothby it was hardly the most explosive revelation in the piece but it served as an early warning that mcchrystal s decision to allow generous access might have backfired by monday an advance copy of the article was in the hands of a press aide for president obama setting in motion a chain of events that culminated less than 48 hours later with mcchrystal s ouster and obama seeking to reassert control over a military leadership that appeared disdainful of civilian authorities [see general a10 petraeus was the logical choice the general who turned around the iraq war faces a new challenge now david s cloud reporting from washington when gen david h petraeus took command of the war in iraq at its low point in 2007 he sent a blunt e-mail to a fellow officer about the task ahead we re going to get one last shot at this and we need to make it really count he wrote it s not business as usual petraeus could make the same statement today after being chosen by president obama to take over in afghanistan once again he is being put in charge of a faltering war by a president desperate to see quick results by choosing him obama managed to make both a surprise pick to replace gen stanley a mcchrystal and the most logical one no other officer in the u.s military is more qualified for the job or has a better record at counterinsurgency warfare in iraq petraeus proved he was the right man at the right time in afghanistan though he will face in some respects an even tougher challenge with even less promising prospects for something resembling victory high profile military operations in the taliban heartland are struggling casualties are rising weari[see petraeus a6 president obama relieved army gen stanley a mcchrystal of command in afghanistan on wednesday replacing him with the architect of the iraq troop buildup army gen david h petraeus in a move meant to reassert the authority of the white house while ensuring the continuity of its war strategy in remarks in the rose garden obama said he was removing mcchrystal with regret but believed that the general s conduct had undermined civilian control of the military war is bigger than any one man or woman whether a private a general or a president obama said as difficult as it is to lose gen mcchrystal i believe it is the right decision for our national security an article in rolling stone magazine this week quotes mcchrystal and some of his aides making disparaging remarks about civilian leaders including obama and vice president joe biden the comments were widely denounced by military and political officials in washington the choice of the popular petraeus overcomes the biggest obstacle to removing mcchrystal the risk of a command vacancy that would slow down the afghan campaign and force the administration to back off its overall timetable which includes beginning troop withdrawals next summer petraeus as the head of central command overseeing u.s forces in the middle east helped craft the current afghanistan strategy with mcchrystal and has been closely supervising it the costs of replacing gen mcchrystal at this point in the war were very high said john nagl a re[see mcchrystal a5 afghanistan s doubts grow general s dismissal underscores fatigue from a conflict with no end in sight world a9 evan vucci associated press hard-hitting rolling stone has a history of gaining access few other journalists can obtain world a8 gen mcchrystal arriving at the white house for his meeting with president obama oil spill setbacks and suicide the collection cap is removed after technical problems and a charter boat captain s death points up the disaster s mental toll nation a12 endless love more like a tie that won t die at wimbledon the longest tennis match ever has entered its 11th hour literally diane pucin reporting from wimbledon england state workers at minimum wage the governor wants to slash employees pay as another late california budget looms but the controller vows to fight him on it latextra world a3 nation a12 california aa3 weather aa9 printed with soy inks on partially recycled paper elise amendola associated press gazpacho cool food e1 extraexubera nc e landon donovan left with teammate edson buddle rejoices after scoring a goal in extra time that gave the u.s a do-or-die 1-0 victory over algeria at the world cup sports c1 7 85944 00075 9 it became a tennis match unwilling to end at 9:09 p.m wednesday at the most magical grand slam the slugfest still was not over but had shattered history in a fifth set that lasted seven hours and six minutes and 1 games in a match 18 that began a day earlier john isner a lanky georgian who loves college football and france s nicolas mahut with the savoir faire to wear chunky jewelry around his neck would not give in they broke the record for longest match ever a match that is already in the record book with the most games 163 and most aces the longest match 10 hours and counting and the longest set in tennis history closed down for the night but only for the night the wimbledon scoreboard told the story of isner vs mahut 6-4 3-6 6-77 7-6 3 59-59 a story looking for an end as it goes into a third day by the time you read this the isner-mahut match may [see wimbledon a11 make the festival a family affair join us at a special 25th anniversary screening of pee-wee s big adventure pee-wee s big adventure 1985 paul reubens a.k.a pee-wee herman in person turning 25 this year pee-wee s big adventure does more than stand the test of time it remains as engaging delightful and innovative today as it was when it first thrilled audiences pee-wee s big adventure reinvented storytelling not just for the young but the young at heart 90 min director tim burton writers phil hartman paul reubens michael varhol producers richard gilbert abramson robert shapiro cast pee-wee herman elizabeth daily mark holton diane salinger sat jun 26 1:00 p.m the orpheum theatre tickets available at lafilmfest.com or 1.866.filmfest $12 tickets $5 tickets for kids 12 under

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r na la stampa quotidiano fondato nel 1867 giovedÌ 24 giugno 2010 · anno 144 n 172 · 1,20 in italia prezzi promozionali ed estero in ultima spedizione abb postale d.l 353/03 conv in l 27/02/04 art 1 comma 1 dcb to www.lastampa.it prima il capo dello stato ha preteso le scuse alla nazionale bossi da napolitano preoccupazione per il federalismo manovra sindaci in piazza regioni in rivolta chiamparino e i suoi colleghi davanti a palazzo madama da pag 6 a pag 9 federico geremicca il senatÙr ora rischia tutto n on è che napolitano abbia alzato la cornetta per chiamare il senatùr e dirgli «senta senza le scuse alla nazionale italiana il nostro incontro rischia di farsi difficile» continua a pagina 7 sacconi «dopo il referendum a pomigliano si può procedere» marcegaglia «c è un sindacato che non capisce» mondiali di calcio inghilterra germania e usa ok lavoreremo assieme a chi ha detto sì parla epifani non faremo boicottaggi oggi l italia fiat avanti con il piano i luigi la spina un voto che non va travisato il sì vince ma non sfonda al referendum tra gli operai dello stabilimento fiat di pomigliano d arco il 62,2 dei lavoratori ha dato il proprio consenso all intesa siglata lo scorso 15 giugno tra l azienda e i sindacati eccetto la fiom ma non c è stato un plebiscito come sottolineano le tute blu della cgil da sempre contrarie nonostante que sto la fiat non chiude pomigliano «lavoreremo con chi ha detto sì alla consultazione» guglielmo epifani in un intervista a la stampa assicura «non faremo boicottaggi» emma marcegaglia stigmatizza «c è un sindacato che non capisce» sacconi «ora si può procedere» baroni pozzo e zatterin da pagina 2 a pagina 5 reportage retroscena così è nato il «ribaltone» delle tute blu teodoro chiarelli a pagina 3 due mesi per decidere sulla panda luca fornovo a pagina 5 a lla luce dell esito del referendum nella fabbrica fiat di pomigliano i rischi più gravi sono due travisare i fatti per non volerne accettare il significato e cercare di non assumersi le responsabilità delle conseguenze la realtà nelle linee fondamentali è abbastanza chiara la fiat vuole riportare in italia la produzione del modello decisivo per le future sorti del gruppo la «panda» nelle attuali condizioni del mercato automobilistico voler dimostrare che nel nostro paese è possibile essere competitivi rispetto alle altre nazioni del mondo è una scommessa al limite dell azzardo se poi si considera che questa sfida ha scelto proprio il sud come terreno di prova si comprende come ci sia soprattutto la volontà di verificare se il nostro mezzogiorno debba essere considerato ancora una regione d europa non al di fuori dai moderni circuiti dei mercati mondiali continua a pagina 41 il ct azzurro marcello lippi la casa bianca accetta le dimissioni di mcchrystal al suo posto l eroe dell iraq petraeus afghanistan obama caccia il generale ribelle gli americani arrivano davanti a capello il leader del carroccio «la gara comprata era solo una battuta» alle pag 12 13 e da pag 50 a pag 57 enzo bettiza l europa e il mito del riscatto p il generale stanley mcchrystal a bordo di un elicottero nel corso di un operazione in afghanistan aolo mastrolilli commentando le sconfitte europee di johannesburg ha scritto efficacemente vediamo una popolazione che «non cresce non crea non rischia» ma si riversa però in massa negli stadi veri o televisivi come se il culto gladatorio del pallone potesse sostituire la vitalità in declino del vecchio continente continua a pagina 41 maggi e molinari pag 14 e 15 diario a wimbledon monaco in festa la partita di tennis un altra bionda più lunga della storia sul trono di grace sospeso per oscurità dopo quasi dieci ore il match tra isner e mahut riprende oggi al 5° set sul punteggio di 59 pari stefano semeraro a pagina 60 pigri e isterici i nostri animali sono depressi riproducono sempre più le nevrosi dei padroni «il cibo diventa anche per loro un surrogato dei sentimenti» celli e grande a pagina 24 il principe alberto annuncia il fidanzamento ufficiale con la sudafricana charlene wittstock giallo sulla data delle nozze pierangelo sapegno a pagina 27

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