Next Steps for U.S. in Afghanistan

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Recently, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen said that the situation in Afghanistan was “deteriorating,” but just yesterday, during a press conference at the Pentagon, Mullen said the U.S. would “regain the initiative.”

To give us an idea of how turning the situation around might be possible, we turn to retired Air Force Colonel Sam Gardiner, who taught Military Strategy and Military Operations at the National War College.

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