President Obama has named David Petreaus as Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s replacement as Commander of U.S. Forces in Afghanistan. After McChrystal’s position was compromised due to a controversial article in Rolling Stone, President Obama held a private meeting with the general and gave his final verdict. Central Command Chief Gen. David Petraeus will replace McChrystal as [...]
June 23rd, 2010 | Filed under News | Read More »
We reported in June that new administration’s defense budget includes major cuts to big spending programs. But overall, will the DoD’s bottom line really shrink? Counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen, senior advisor to Afghanistan theatre commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal, sees “about two more years of heavy fighting” ahead of us in Afghanistan, and the Washington Post [...]
August 25th, 2009 | Filed under General | Read More »
