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alp227

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Tue May 15, 2012, 02:25 AM May 2012

Gen. Allen to leave Afghanistan post

Source: washington post

Marine Corps Gen. John Allen, the top commander in Afghanistan, is expected to leave his post early next year and take over the U.S. European Command, officials said.

Allen has spent much of his tumultuous year in Afghanistan helping to negotiate a long-term security agreement with the Afghan government and overseeing the initial drawdown of U.S. forces from the country.

He has shifted American troops from a counterinsurgency strategy, with a focus on governance and reconstruction, to a more limited mission of training the Afghan army and fighting the Taliban.

The planned promotion to head the U.S. European Command will allow Allen to remain deeply involved in Afghanistan policy and work with NATO allies who have maintained a presence in the country despite the war’s growing unpopularity in Europe.

Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/gen-allen-to-leave-afghanistan-post/2012/05/14/gIQAR6DpPU_story.html

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Gen. Allen to leave Afghanistan post (Original Post) alp227 May 2012 OP
alp227, who cares? Get the eff out of that Afghan cess pool now! xtraxritical May 2012 #1
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