President Obama will meet with his national security team Wednesday afternoon to talk about the war in Afghanistan. Obama is working on a new strategy for the conflict there, which he says is essential to U.S. national security.
The White House released who will be in the meeting tomorrow:
Vice President Biden
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan
Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan
Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
CIA Director Leon Panetta
Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan
Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan
General James Jones, National Security Advisor
