Thursday, February 2, 2012

Panetta Surprises Afghans, NATO With Earlier Date for End of Combat Mission - Yochi J. Dreazen - NationalJournal.com

Panetta Surprises Afghans, NATO With Earlier Date for End of Combat Mission - Yochi J. Dreazen - NationalJournal.com: "Defense Secretary Leon Panetta’s comment while en route to a NATO conference in Brussels -- that the U.S. would end its combat mission in Afghanistan in 2013, a year earlier than thought -- surprised key U.S. allies, alarmed many Afghans, and forced the White House to spend more than a day trying to walk it back."

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