Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterMilitary Chiefs Model Plan for Obama on Moving From Iraq to Afghanistan
Published 11/18/2008 at FOXNews.com
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff tells The AP that the military has been modeling a plan for getting troops out of Iraq so they can pick up the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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