Last month,General Petraeus talked about the situation.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

There has been tremendous interest in the impending request since General McChrystal's secret assessment of the Afghanistan situation was published Monday by The Washington Post.

VOA: standard.2009.09.25

They seem in general agreement that the situation is serious and something must be done.

VOA: standard.2009.04.01

Army General Stanley McChrystal, the U.S.and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has sent his evaluation of the situation on the ground to Mr.Obama and European leaders.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Clinton told a press conference with her Iraqi counterpart,Hoshyar Zebari, that her assessment of the situation in Iraq mirrored that of top U.S.commander General Ray Odierno.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

The U.S.and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, said in a report released this week that the situation in Afghanistan is serious, but that success is achievable.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

They have nothing. They are just hoping for something,". Asked about the security situation in Port-au-Prince, U.S.General Ken Keen noted that gang activity and lawlessness existed in Haiti before the earthquake.

VOA: standard.2010.01.18

The general described the effort as "hard work." Several civilian experts General McChrystal invited to help with an assessment of the situation have said they recommended he ask for more U.S.troops.

VOA: standard.2009.08.11

And he also says the dire assessment of the security situation by General Stanley McChrystal, the new U.S.and NATO commander in Afghanistan, has presented senior officials with an issue they did not expect.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

It was a different era. But General Myers spent many hours in the White House Situation Room, working with Bush administration officials on strategy for the two conflicts, just as current top officers are working with President Barack Obama and his team now on how to move forward in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16