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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (9278)	10/5/2009 11:27:24 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 15993

Sen. Carl Levin summed up the Obama Administration's position on Afghan Strategy (and it's stark difference to how the Bush administration handled the recommendations of military commanders): "Everyone should want the benefit of General McChrystal's comments and recommendations, but with two caveats," Levin said during an appearance Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union with John King." "He's just in the chain of command, and there's higher-ups," Levin said. "This is not a situation like General Petraeus in Iraq, when the president basically said, whatever the commander in Iraq wants, he's going to get." Levin was making reference to the Bush administration's strong deference to Gen. David Petraeus's determinations while he was commander of allied troops in Iraq. McChrystal serves a similar role in charge of troops in Afghanistan. thehill.com I know how I'd feel if, after being nominated and confirmed to come up with a new strategy for solving the Afghan impasse, I was told I wasn't going to get what I need to accomplish the mission. Apparently Sen. Levin has more military experience than the former commander of JSOC. Hawk