Restrictive Rules Of Engagement To Be Examined On Capitol Hill

September 16 2010

USA

The House Armed Services Committee is expected to review the military's rules of engagement in Afghanistan, the Army Times reports.

A classified briefing will cover tactical directives that limit how and when NATO troops in Afghanistan can use force, according to a letter written by Rep. Ike Skelton (D.-Mo.), the chairman of the committee.

No date has been set for the briefing.

The rules have been controversial. In July 2009, Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, then commander of...

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