In a move that signals the extent of President Obama's overhaul of war strategy, the top general in Afghanistan will be replaced. It appears that General David McKiernan's repeated requests for more troops did not line up with Obama's priority of "non-military solutions." Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to announce Monday that Lieutenant General Stanley McChrystal will be Mckiernan's successor. He'll also detail the new strategy to win the seven-year war in Afghanistan.
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