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 ...

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 ...

Throughout a career spanning nearly four decades, retired Gen. David D. McKiernan had a front row seat to some of the Army's biggest modernization efforts. Known for his ability to adapt to change ...

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 ...

Gen. David McKiernan to stay in post until Senate confirms successor Gen. David McKiernan, who has held the post for less than a year, will be replaced by Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal, a former ...

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 ...

CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric traveled to Kabul last week and sat down with Gen. David McKiernan for what would be his last interview as top U.S. commander in Afghanistan. McKiernan stepped ...

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 ...

BRIAN WILLIAMS: Thank you for sitting down with us. As far as you can tell, what's the mission here.? Is it rooting out al Qaeda? Is it rooting out the Taliban? Is it finding bin Laden? What is it ...

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.