General Details
Pentagon Tensions With Obama on Afghanistan.
My Share details that Obama denied the troop requests that were presented by the American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John R. Allen. The advice from D.C. was that "
the command in Kabul should settle instead for an effort to “degrade” the Taliban."
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/06/world/asia/mcchrystal-book-details-tensions-with-obama.html?_r=0