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General David Petraeus, Commander of NATO ISAF, appreared on NBC's "Meet the Press" yesterday (transcript here). More can be found at the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Bloomberg, Agence France Press, BBC News, CNN News, Reuters, Associated Press, Politico and The Hill.
The Washington Post published two items concerning General David Petraeus' interview with Rajiv Chandrasekaran. Excerpts from the interview can be found here and Rajiv Chandrasekaran's follow-on article, "Gen. David Petraeus says Afghanistan war strategy 'fundamentally sound'", can be found here.
Fred W. Baker's American Forces Press Service overview of the "Meet the Press" interview follows (emphasis SWJ):
Meet the Press transcript for August 15, 2010 -- MSNBC
Petraeus: Time is key for progress in Afghanistan -- AP
Gen. David Petraeus hints that American troops could be in Afghanistan for the long haul -- New York Daily News
Petraeus calls strategy in Afghanistan sound -- Boston.com
Petraeus holds out prospect of reconciliation with Taliban -- AFP
Petraeus Opposes a Rapid Pullout in Afghanistan -- New York Times
Gen David Petraeus guarded over date for US Afghan exit -- BBC
Petraeus Casts Doubt On Afghan Pullout Deadline -- Radio Free Europe
Petraeus: We're trying to keep Afghanistan from becoming terrorist sanctuary (again) -- USA Today
General Petraeus insists he will not be bound by Obama's Afghan exit date -- The Guardian
Gates, Petraeus Differ on Flexibility of Afghan Exit -- Voice of America
U.S. hopes to begin Afghan security transfer by spring -- L.A. Times
'US may begin security transfer to Afghans in spring' -- DAWN
Military Deaths Pass 2,000 As Afghan War Review Looms -- Reuters
Foreign troop deaths in Afghan war 'top 2,000' -- AFP
Troop deaths top 2000 in Afghan war -- Al Jazeera
U.S. soldiers surrounded by enemies as locals throw rocks, curse troops in Afghanistan -- New York Daily News
US strike kills 'dual-hatted' al Qaeda and Taliban commander in northern Afghanistan -- Long War Journal
Taliban, al Qaeda member killed in Afghanistan -- CNN
NATO says al-Qaida operative killed in Afghanistan -- AP
Al Qaeda cell leader killed in Afghan north - NATO -- Reuters
Afghan Taliban call for joint probe into civilian deaths -- AFP
Taliban wants probe into civilian deaths -- ABC News (Australia)
Taliban stones man and woman to death for allegedly having affair -- CNN
Taliban stone couple for adultery in Afghanistan -- AP
Taliban 'kill adulterous Afghan couple' in marketplace -- BBC
From Gen. David Petraeus, Commander In Afghanistan: Optimism And Realism -- NPR
General David Petraeus is right to question President Obama's Afghan exit strategy -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
The man who would be Burger King -- The Economist
Exit from Afghanistan -- The Guardian editorial