Press Briefing by General John Allen, General Doug Lute, and Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, May 20, 2012

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 20, 2012 – 3:00 P.M. EDT

MR. RHODES:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Thanks for joining us.  We’re very pleased today to be joined by two guests here — General John Allen, who’s the Commanding General of ISAF; and Doug Lute, who leads our Afghanistan-Pakistan policy at the White House.

General Allen is here for a limited amount of time, so I think we’ll begin by having the General walk you through his view of the…