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All three Pentagon correspondents turned to the War in Afghanistan, now to be commanded by Gen David Petraeus. ABC's Martha Raddatz told us about a counterinsurgency challenged by "corruption rampant in some areas, slow civilian progress and a very determined enemy." NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reported that both the White House and the Pentagon are "growing increasingly concerned" that the war in Afghanistan is "bogged down." "Stalemate at best," was the assessment from CBS' David Martin. He reported on rifts between the military and diplomats, exemplified in the Rolling Stone article: "McChrystal's final service to his country may have been to force a moment of ugly truth."
As for the troops on the ground, both ABC's Miguel Marquez in Helmand Province with the Marine Corps and NBC's Richard Engel (at the tail of the Miklaszewski videostream) in Kabul perceived Petraeus' impending arrival as a morale booster.
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