Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) asked Gen. Petraeus why his withdrawal plan is so circumscribed when other military officials — including the Central Command chief, Admiral William Fallon — believe a more rapid draw-down is possible and responsible, as The Washington Post reported this weekend. “A senior civilian official” told the Post that calling relations between Fallon and Petraeus “bad” would be “the understatement of the century.”
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