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Joint Chiefs: No final agreement on Iraq and Afghanistan

 

Published 1/7/2009 by sarahbethparker at CNN Political Ticker

Gen. Petraeus and President-elect Obama can not reach a consensus on troop plans for Iraq and Afghanistan. WASHINGTON (CNN) – A closed door meeting Monday with Joint Chiefs of Staff and General David Petraeus, who is in charge of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, ended with no consensus on troops plans for either Iraq or Afghanistan-a [...] (link)

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