The mission – the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there’s not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.
About Michael Mullen
Michael Glenn Mullenis a retired United States Navy admiral who served as the 17th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2007 to September 2011.
Mullen was the 32nd vice chief of Naval Operations from August 2003 to August 2004.
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I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that’s really the center of gravity.
U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
The mission – the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there’s not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan.
U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
I think anybody in our – in the, in the national security apparatus has, has got to take full cognizance of their responsibility for the safeguarding of classified information.
U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
I’ve said for a long time, clearly the – a, a critical key to success in the region is going to be Pakistan and our relationship with Pakistan, which was one that was broken in the late ’80s and which we’ve worked hard to restore.
U.S. Navy admiral and 17th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff