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Source: MSNBC

Oct 07, 2009

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From NBC’s Kelly Paice
As today marks the eighth anniversary of U.S. involvement in Afghanistan and while President Obama continues to weigh the future of the Afghan war, General David Petraeus gave a situation report on the U.S. Central Command region at the annual Association of the United States Army conference yesterday.

The general began with an explanation of CENTCOM’s jurisdiction: an area comprised of 20 countries—the smallest of geographic combatant commands—but, as Gen. Petraeus described, it “has its lion share of problems.” Rich in oil and natural resources, but plagued with such issues as war and ethnic and sectarian problems, CENTCOM is “an area of haves and have-nots…that has just about every challenge that you might consider,” he contended.

Iraq is just one small part of the region, a country in which Gen. Petraeus called 2009 a “transition year” and where progress is “fragile and reversible.” Nonetheless, progress is being made, as provincial governments become much more representative and as U.S. forces take on an “advise and assist” role, he f

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