A year after Army Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal took charge of U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan, he reviewed the progress achieved there over the past 12 months and provided his perspective
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In an interview with CNN’s John King, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates touched on a wide range of issues on areas such as the current U.S. relationship with Pakistan, the number of
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Following his recent three day visit to Afghanistan, Adm. Mike Mullen said “never has our partnership … been stronger, or the challenges we face, clearer.” During his trip, Mullen spent time in
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If America is going to protect her interests, she needs to get old school and new school – at the same time. The Pentagon’s new Quadrennial Defense Review has found an increased
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Major General Michael Flynn, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence in Afghanistan, recently published a report with the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) which examines the flaws in intelligence analysis
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“We lost the chance to influence an entire generation of officers,†says a US official at the embassy in Pakistan. This lamentation points to a critical need during the present counterinsurgency, namely
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