Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos asked for two top commanders to retire in the wake of a report into the devastating attack on a base in Afghanistan last year. Ref. USAToday
Four US soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan:
Four U.S. Soldiers were killed in an attack in southern Afghanistan on defense officials said Sunday. Also in southern Afghanistan, a security guard shot a soldier dead in a separate incident, Reuters reported. It wasn't clear what nationalities of the guard and the soldier were. Ref. Source 1
U.S. Backing Afghan Companies Accused of Financing Terrorism:
ABC's World News with Diane Sawyer revealed a new report from John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which claims the United States has paid more than $150 million to Afghan companies that may have helped finance terror attacks on U.S. Soldiers and assets in Afghanistan. Ref. Source 6
President Obama's administration has warned that planning for a post-2014 military presence in Afghanistan may be jeopardized if the deal is not approved by Karzai by the end of the year. Earlier this week, Karzai stunned the U.S. When he urged delegates to approve the security pact but then said he would leave it to his successor to sign it in 2014. Ref. USAToday