US audit faults security spending in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON -- The nation's top military officer warned Monday that the deaths of Afghan civilians caught up in U.S. combat operations could cripple President Barack Obama's revamped strategy for the seven-year-old war. "I believe that each time we do that, we put our strategy in jeopardy," Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said. "We cannot succeed ... in Afghanistan by killing Afghan civilians." Mullen: 2 years to turn tide in Afghanistan

US audit faults security spending in Afghanistan
Joint Chiefs Chairman Criticizes Afghan Air Strikes, nytimes