Last week, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary general of NATO, openly advocated a counterinsurgency strategy in Afghanistan during a NATO defense ministerial conference. It was a curious position to take. The NATO secretary generalship is an institutionally weak position, commanding no ability to order allied countries to do anything, More…
Want a sure sign that Army Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal isn’t going to face a difficult confirmation hearing to command U.S. forces in Afghanistan? The Senate Armed Services Committee just announced that McChrystal’s going before it on June 2. But it’s not his confirmation alone. He’s triple-booked alongside Adm. James More…
I noted yesterday that Chris Hill doesn’t have a confirmation hearing scheduled in the Senate for his new post as ambassador to Iraq. Now it looks like the hearing’s just around the corner. The White House put out a press release today announcing Hill’s formal nomination to the Baghdad More…
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