US to Replace Afghan Commander

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted May 11, 2009 12:06 PM CDT
US to Replace Afghan Commander
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in Afghanistan.   (AP Photo)

Gen. David McKiernan will be replaced as chief of NATO’s Afghan mission by Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a former special ops officer, ABC News reports. McKiernan has held his post for just 11 months, and it is unclear where he will go. The move, to be announced at a press conference today, is a clear indicator of Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ opinion of McKiernan’s track record in Afghanistan. (More Obama administration stories.)

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