Mullen: Washington Still Waiting On Afghan Drawdown Plan From Petraeus -- Stars and Stripes
WASHINGTON — Though July is less than one month away, the U.S. still has no plan to begin reducing the number of troops in Afghanistan, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen said Thursday.
War commander Gen. David Petraeus has not handed in his recommendation to President Barack Obama.
“It’s still really in his hands,” Mullen said, though he expected the decision-making process to move forward “pretty rapidly” to meet the president’s deadline.
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