October 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments The Hill reports on comments made at a breakfast by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen. Here is an interesting tidbit at the end of the report [emphasis added]: [Adm. Mullen] … expressed surprise that there were no questions about the situation in Iraq during the hourlong breakfast discussion. “Isn’t it amazing that there were no questions about Iraq? Clearly, the trends are in the right direction in Iraq. I am very hopeful that we will continue to draw down forces there,” he said. “It is still fragile and not irreversible.” Interesting that the reporters were focused on Afghanistan rather than Iraq; and that Mullen wanted to bring it up. Mullen made his remarks at a breakfast sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor, according to the report linked above. The Monitor’s...
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