DOD and Petraeus: U.S. Planning Military Presence and Operations in Afghanistan Beyond 2014

Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy and Gen. David Petraeus, the U.S. commander in Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee today that the Obama administration is planning on maintaining “joint” U.S.-Afghan military bases in Afghanistan after 2014 and conducting what Flournoy described as “joint counter-terrorism operations” with the Afghan military after that date.