Petraeus Confident as He Leaves Afghanistan
07.11.2011 at 03:40am
Petraeus Confident as He Leaves Afghanistan by Carlotta Gall, New York Times. BLUF: “… the general said signs of progress were beginning to appear. Insurgent attacks were down in May and June compared with the same months in 2010, and July is showing the same trend, he said… But he warned that there would still be tough fighting in the next 15 months before 33,000 surge troops are brought back to the United States, according to the schedule that President Obama laid out in a speech on June 22…”
