SecDef Carter has lunch w/ troops at Kandahar. "I thank you. Not only on my own behalf but the entire @DeptofDefense" pic.twitter.com/apNBExYmxu
— Department of Defense ?? (@DeptofDefense) February 22, 2015
Freshly-minted Obama Defense Secretary Ash Carter is in Kandahar to assess the growing mess on the ground.
He thanked the troops.
SecDef Carter holds a troop talk at Kandahar. Tells troop, "You are the heart of the effort here." pic.twitter.com/0MxK3wzS2T
— Department of Defense ?? (@DeptofDefense) February 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/DeptofDefense/status/569504764456796160
Oh, and after his new boss announced last year that he had “ended” the war in Afghanistan, the SecDef says not so fast.
SecDef says when the presence gets reduce, "we want to make sure Afghanistan can preserve the environment our forces have secured today."
— Department of Defense ?? (@DeptofDefense) February 22, 2015
Everybody give a sigh of relief. The experts will finally be heard.
SecDef says part of his job is to make sure #POTUS receives expert military advice. He adds that it's valuable.
— Department of Defense ?? (@DeptofDefense) February 22, 2015
Pentagon chief Ash Carter speaks to press during visit to Kandahar Air Field pic.twitter.com/kJBmZVJtVV
— Dion Nissenbaum (@DionNissenbaum) February 22, 2015
Meanwhile…
.@SIGARHQ finds even more #taxpayer dollars wasted in #Afghanistan on a deteriorating dry range training facility: http://t.co/ZTvMAymT9d
— Citizens Against Government Waste (@GovWaste) January 15, 2015
Fighting in #Afghanistan is intensifying — and so is threat to everything that the U.S.-led coalition accomplished http://t.co/WH5m4F3YCu
— Mehreen Zahra-Malik (@mehreenzahra) December 12, 2014
31 American troops killed in Afghanistan http://t.co/R4DKsTSrnD via @USATODAY REST IN PEACE BRAVE SOULS #USA
— David Bruce (@davembruce) February 22, 2015
This says it all:
Graffiti Kandahar Air Field: Afghan 'Democracy.exe' failed to install due to ops timing out Do you want to try again? pic.twitter.com/Fin6CuOEuU
— Dion Nissenbaum (@DionNissenbaum) February 22, 2015
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