Adm. Mike Mullen (far left), chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with Gen. Ashfaq Kiyani (center), Pakistani Army chief of staff, last summer. William John Kipp / U.S. Navy-APFrom Newsweek:
Admiral Mullen on the way forward.
President-elect Barack Obama's national-security team is studying several options for improving the situation in Afghanistan, including the military's plan to nearly double troop levels there. But assessments of the seven-year-old war are mostly grim. A report issued last month by the International Council on Security and Development said the Taliban now holds a permanent presence in 72 percent of Afghanistan.
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