"Prominent members of conservative, Washington-based defense think
tanks were given permanent office space at his headquarters and access
to military aircraft to tour the battlefield. They provided advice to
field commanders that sometimes conflicted with orders the commanders
were getting from their immediate bosses.
Some of Petraeus’s staff officers said he and the American mission in Afghanistan benefited from the broader array of viewpoints, but others complained that the outsiders were a distraction, the price of his growing fame."
Some of Petraeus’s staff officers said he and the American mission in Afghanistan benefited from the broader array of viewpoints, but others complained that the outsiders were a distraction, the price of his growing fame."
