General Barry R. McCaffrey, USA(Ret.) To Testify Before House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations

General Barry R. McCaffrey, USA(Ret.) To Testify Before House Armed Services
Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Four-Star General Barry McCaffrey,
USA(Ret.), former commander in Desert Storm, now Adjunct Professor at West
Point, and former Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy, will
testify before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight &
Investigations on Thursday, 22 October at the House Visitor's Center at
2:00pm.

The hearing will focus on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and how that affects
strategy in Iraq.

General McCaffrey will present testimony on the state of the rapidly
deteriorating situation in Afghanistan -- and how after eight years with the
burden of the war in Afghanistan, the Afghan people are becoming increasingly
frustrated by a lack of progress. The Taliban are getting strong and the
Afghan security forces cannot offer their people the protection they need.

McCaffrey's testimony highlights the need for a sustained and appropriately
resourced civil-military counterinsurgency campaign with strong economic and
political components in order to establish a resilient, self-sufficient Afghan
polity in the long-term.

To view General McCaffrey's full written statement visit
www.mccaffreyassociates.com.

SOURCE BR McCaffrey Associates LLC

Melissa Henson Kalinosky, +1-703-824-5160, brm@mccaffreyassociates.com