6 Questions Congress Should Ask Afghan War Generals

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6 Questions Congress Should Ask Afghan War Generals

By Max Fisher on December 08, 2009 1:47pm

Two leading agenda-setters in the Afghanistan War are testifying before Congress today through Thursday: General Stanley McChrystal, the top military commander, and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry, who held McChrystal's job until he became the ambassador to Afghanistan. McChrystal and Eikenberry will be grilled by Congress's war backers and war skeptics on everything from troop levels to infrastructure project to whether we even have a chance. Significantly, the two men have publicly differed on the war: McChrystal warned of "mission failure" without 40,000 additional troops and Eikenberry pled with the White House to send no more troops, citing fears of complicating Afghan President Hamid Karzai's tenuous rule. But now they must work together to sell the White House's war. What should Congress ask?

What Are We Doing For Afghan Self-Governance?

What's The End-Game?

Pace Of Drawdown?

Black Jails and Secret Ops Still Going?

Do You Support President Obama's Plan?

What We Still Don't Know ...

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