"General McChrystal and the Afghan Mission"

Conference of Defence Associations' Institute media round-up, excerpts:

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The CDA has released a position paper on Canada’s role in Afghanistan post-2011, urging informed public debate, a military commitment post-2011 and the establishment of a governmental panel to assess the mission and make recommendations to the government.
http://cda-cdai.ca/cda/uploads/cda/2009/03/cda-posn-2009-afgh161209.pdf...

CNN's Christiane Amanpour interviews General Stanley McChrystal who speaks frankly about his strategy in Afghanistan and offers a guardedly optimistic assessment.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/09/afghanistan.mcchrystal/index.html...