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Secy Gates makes changes to U.S. command in Afghanistan

Tags: management , DoD , Robert Gates , Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal , GWOT ,

Tuesday - 05/12/2009, 02:29pm EDT

Change in Afghanistan

Dissatisfaction with progress in Afghanistan has cost General David McKiernan his job there. SECDEF Robert Gates said "new leadership" is required. He said the situation requires "fresh thinking and fresh eyes." So he's assigned Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal to replace him. McChrystal is a former commander of special operations forces at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Right now, he's director of the U.S. military Joint Staff.

Tags: Pentagon , Fort Bragg

Monday - 05/11/2009, 07:50pm EDT

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Defense Secretary Gates in Afghanistan

Tags: management , Robert Gates , DoD , Pentagon Channel

Monday - 05/11/2009, 03:06pm EDT

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Building a better M-RAP

Building a better M-RAP. The Marines want a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle - an MRAP - that can operate in Afghanistan. Current MRAPs are designed for relatively smooth, improved roads found in Iraq. But Afghanistan has few such roads. Marine Commandant James Conway says it took three tries. But now they have an MRAP design that works off-road to protect the 8 thousand Marines headed for Afghanistan. I'm Max Cacas.

Tags: Marines , James Conway

Friday - 05/01/2009, 02:23pm EDT

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Afghan Corruption

United States must do more to help Afghanistan battle the corruption undermining critical programs to rebuild the war-torn country, a top government watchdog The Associated Press reports. According to the AP, Arnold Fields, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction, said Afghan officials have made repeated pleas for assistance in ensuring the billions of dollars in international aid they're receiving are spent properly. Yet graft and fraud remain significant problems even as more U.S. tax dollars flow into the country.

Tags: Pentagon , AP

Thursday - 04/30/2009, 07:27pm EDT

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Caution About Afghanistan

The Associated Press] says Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday told Marines being deployed to Afghanistan that a U.S. victory there would look similar to progress in Iraq, but he cautioned that more civilians with skills beyond the battlefield will be needed, The Obama administration has called up 17,000 more troops to supplement the 38,000 American troops already fighting a resurgence of the Taliban. It said last month it would send several hundred citizens, from agronomists to economists, to work on reconstruction and development issues as part of the military's counterinsurgency campaign.

Tags: Pentagon , Defense Secretary

Friday - 04/24/2009, 11:47am EDT

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