WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Retiring U.S. Army General David McKiernan said on Wednesday he was "more than a little embarrassed" by his abrupt ouster from his job as top military commander in Afghanistan last spring. During his retirement ceremony at Fort Myer, Virginia, McKiernan appeared alongside U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the man who fired him in May as head ...

The former commander of US forces in Afghanistan said on Wednesday he was "dismayed" and "more than a little embarrassed" when he was sacked from his job last month. General David McKiernan, who was fired just short of a year after taking over the command of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2008, reflected on his firing at a ...

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 leader and there is no silver bullet for victory. Speaking bluntly about his dismissal, Gen ...

The outgoing top US commander in Afghanistan vowed success Monday in the fight against Taliban extremists in an emotional Memorial Day commemoration of soldiers killed in service. General David McKiernan led the event at Camp Eggers, the largest US base in the Afghan capital, which paid special tribute to a 25-year-old woman soldier and a 52-year-old US civilian killed in ...