Gen. David McKiernan says efforts to improve security depend on more troops arriving quickly. Commanders on the ground are anxious for more U.S. soldiers, but there are competing demands in Iraq.

Experts said the highly unusual move of forcing Army Gen. David McKiernan to step down as top U.S. and NATO commander to make way for Gen. Stanley McChrystal was Obama’s recognition of the ...

Rare wartime swap: Gen. David McKiernan replaced by Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal. May 11, 2009— -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates has replaced the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan ...

WASHINGTON -- The general ousted by Defense Secretary Robert Gates as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan warned at his official retirement Wednesday that the war will not be won by any one ...

David McKiernan, commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, and that he plans to replace him with Gen. Stanley McChrystal. This is a very big deal. McKiernan’s ouster signals a dramatic shift in U ...

McChrystal took command from Gen. David McKiernan during a low-key ceremony Monday in Kabul. McKiernan was fired by the Pentagon one year into a two-year assignment. McChrystal, a former special ...

HEIDELBERG, Germany (Army News Service, Oct. 31, 2006) - In a speech before a gathering of military retirees, Gen. David McKiernan, commander of U.S. Army Europe, noted that they saw the Cold War ...

Since Gen. David McKiernan took command of U.S. Army Europe a year ago, his top priority — helping fight what the military calls the “GWOT” — hasn’t changed. “USAREUR’s been a big ...

Retired U.S. Army Gen. David McKiernan has joined ADS Ventures of Boston as a senior policy adviser, the company said. McKiernan praised for Afghan work; Kurdish forces met with protests in Ninawa ...