http://thinkprogress.org Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:14:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/06/23/252121/mullen-obama-petraeus-afghanistan/ http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/06/23/252121/mullen-obama-petraeus-afghanistan/#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:30:22 +0000 Ben Armbruster http://thinkprogress.org/?p=252121 The right has been attacking President Obama’s decision to withdraw 33,000 troops from Afghanistan, claiming that he ignored Gen. David Petraeus’s advice. “It has been widely known that General Petraeus objected to this proposal,” Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) said on Fox News last night. However, this morning in testimony to the House Armed Services Committee, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said that Petraeus does support Obama’s decision. “I support the President’s decision, as do Generals Mattis and Petraeus,” Mullen said.

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