[kristinn]

He was trying to drive a wedge between the Obama administration and its Code Pink base by trying to get Petraeus to say the 2011 troop drawdown date was not going to be kept. He also tried to make the point by asking questions he knew couldn't be answered by Petraeus.

At the end, Petraeus pulled rank on Graham by addressing him as "Colonel" and saying he looks forward to Graham serving (under him) in Afghanistan. (Graham is a Reserves JAG.)

[caww]

Well that explains it...obvious Petraeus didn’t give him the answer he was looking for. From my perspective it doesn’t look as though there is a date per say...rather a “process” which isn’t a withdrawal of troops. I say stay for whatever duration...better there than on US soil. Keep it all in the ME.