Obama Meets the Chiefs on Afghanistan
President Obama will host this morning what’s expected to be his final meeting with his national security team on Afghanistan strategy ahead of a revision of/re-commitment to what the strategy will be and how to resource it. Attendees will include the chairmen of the military services, which means that this meeting will focus on how the military can sustain an escalation of troops. From the White House’s announced list, here’s who’ll be there:
“„Vice President Biden
“„Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
“„General James Jones, National Security Advisor
“„Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
“„General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
“„General George W. Casey, Chief of Staff of the Army
“„General James T. Conway, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps
“„Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations
“„General Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
“„Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
“„John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
“„Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
