Mullen Directs Military to Prepare For 'What Comes After' Iraq, Afghanistan

By Jason Sherman / October 2, 2007 at 5:00 AM
The new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has directed the U.S. military to look beyond operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and prepare for "what comes after" those ground-centric campaigns in new guidance that also calls for the Pentagon to provide clear estimates of what is required to reset military units in the program and budget process. Adm. Michael Mullen's Oct. 1 guidance is also notable for not including an admonition to "win the war on terror," which was...

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