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May 5, 2009

Mullen: Afghanistan Is Now Military’s “Main Effort”
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On Monday, Admiral Mike Mullen, chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
officially designated the war in Afghanistan as the military’s main
effort, while acknowledging the fighting isn’t over in Iraq. Mullen
said, “The main effort in our strategic focus from a military
perspective must now shift to Afghanistan.” But President Obama’s plan
to escalate the war in Afghanistan is continuing to come under criticism
from within parts of his own party. In an interview with the American
News Project, former senator and presidential candidate George Mc Govern
said he is worried Afghanistan will become President Obama’s Vietnam.

Sen. George Mc Govern: “I have a very deep concern about President Obama
putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan and with the promise
of more to come. I think if we continue to send troops in there, it
could be the Vietnam of this present administration.”



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