rssWhy Isn’t McChrystal Testifying to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Tomorrow?
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 at 5:07 pm
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Now that the House and Senate armed services committees have heard from Amb. Karl Eikenberry and Gen. Stanley McChrystal, there are two more hearings to go: the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tomorrow morning, and then the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday. Well, two for Eikenberry. McChrystal will have a rest tomorrow, as his boss, Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of all forces in the Middle East and South Asia, will pinch-hit.
Why’s that? The Senate committee wants to hear about Pakistan, not just Afghanistan, and how U.S. efforts regionally affect conditions in both — something that’s been missing in today’s two hearings. After all, the Obama administration’s strategy “has a broader perspective beyond just Afghanistan,” said committee spokesman Frederick Jones, and so “we made the decision to invite Gen. Petraeus to testify.”
A McChrystal aide confirmed that McChrystal will not be delivering any testimony tomorrow. “Gen. McChrystal was not extended an invitation to testify,” Jones said. “Gen. McChrystal will have testified on a number of occasions prior to our hearing.” In fairness, several senators this afternoon covered the same ground as representatives at the House hearing earlier this morning.
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