Is An Even Greater Expansion Of The War In Afghanistan Being Planned?
Joint Chiefs Chairman Michael G. Mullen, right, is more assertive on Afghanistan than his predecessors. With him is Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates. Kevin Wolf / Associated Press
Gates Holds Secret Meeting With Afghan Commanders -- Reuters
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates held an unannounced meeting with his top commanders in charge of the war in Afghanistan at a U.S. air base in Belgium, the Pentagon said on Monday.
The meeting on Sunday at Chievres Air Base was arranged to give Gates an update on a review of the war being conducted by U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said.
"He wanted an opportunity to speak firsthand with his commanders and his senior military advisers about how the assessment was unfolding," Morrell told reporters.
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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/...nt_11820873.htmCommander of NATO and U.S. Forces in Afghanistan briefs Gates and Mullen on situation in Afghanistan -- Def Pro
http://www.defpro.com/news/details/8937/Mullen creates Pak-Afghan Coordination Cell
* Cell established to focus on related conflicts in Pakistan, Afghanistan
* Meant to draw in experts experienced on Afghanistan
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