Senior House Armed Services Committee members are expected to push for a change in the military command structure overseeing U.S. forces in Afghanistan as they start work on the fiscal year 2009 defense authorization bill next week, a panel spokeswoman told InsideDefense.com . Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) and Ranking Member Duncan Hunter (R-CA) each sent letters to Defense Secretary Robert Gates in recent months, laying out proposals for modifying the interplay between U.S. forces operating in Afghanistan and the...
