Top US military officer says Afghan drawdown risky: "The top US military officer said Thursday that he endorsed President Barack Obama's Afghan withdrawal plan despite initial worries about the risks of "sacrificing fighting power in the middle of a war."
"More force for more time is, without a doubt, the safer course. But that does not necessarily make it the best course," US Joints Chiefs chairman Admiral Mike Mullen told the House Armed Services Committee.
'There is no jumping ship here. Quite the contrary. We will have at our disposal the great bulk of the surge forces through this -- and most of the next -- fighting season,' Mullen said one day after Obama unveiled his strategy."
