bob woodward

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has had enough of internal administration debates appearing on blogs like this one. Gates:
“I think a lot of different places are leaking. I’m confident that the Department of Defense is one of them.To have details or options that are being considered out there in the middle of the president’s deliberative process [...]

Two weeks ago, Bob Woodward reported that Jim Jones, President Obama’s national security adviser, flew to Afghanistan to tell commanders not to request more U.S. troops for the war, since they won’t get them. In an interview with McClatchy’s Nancy Youssef, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the commander of U.S. troops in Afghanistan, says he can’t responsibily [...]