U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis , right, and U.S. Army General John Nicholson, left, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, hold a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aril 24. (DoD photo)
Military.com: Officials Still Working on New Strategy for Afghanistan: Mattis
The Pentagon's top leader says officials are still mulling the proper strategy in Afghanistan to avoid rash decisions that could hurt the United States and its allies in the long run.
"Welcome to strategy," Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Friday. He had stopped in to speak with Pentagon reporters before a meeting with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to further discuss options in Syria.
Mattis said he's listening to all options and wrapping everything "under a regional context."
"This is hard, and there's a reason we got into some wars in our nation's history and didn't know how to end them. This is hard work and, if anyone else says otherwise, [he] is either somebody who didn't have to deal with it or deal with the consequences of the decisions of it," he said.
A formal strategy was expected to be announced in mid-July. Mattis didn't specify a new date.
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WNU editor: The U.S. Congress is getting restless .... U.S. Senators Are Demanding A 'Coherent' Afghan Policy From President Trump (July 5, 2017). Here is some speculation on what that new Afghan strategy may be .... Trump's new Afghanistan strategy may draw on old, controversial methods (Business Insider). As for the U.S. soldiers who are in Afghanistan .... according to the New York Times .... a sense of being left out .... U.S. Marines Chase Diminished Goals in Afghanistan (Mujib Mashal, New York Times).
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