PRESS ADDRESS - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, addresses the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Sept. 23, 2010. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeleyDefense Officials: National Security Team Unified On Afghan War Strategy -- Stars And Stripes
WASHINGTON – Pushing back against characterizations made in a new book that the White House was riven by infighting over Afghan war strategy last year, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen said Thursday that the U.S. strategy is sound and that President Obama’s national security team is unified in carrying it out.
“The relationship among senior officials in this administration is as harmonious as any I’ve experienced in my time in government,” Gates told Pentagon reporters. “Presidents are always well served when there is a vigorous and spirited debate over important issues.”
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