This comes at a time when opinion polls show dropping support among Americans for the military effort in Afghanistan, where Afghan,American and NATO coalition forces together are fighting the Taliban.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"He has improved information-sharing, increased intelligence support to our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq, upheld civil liberties, and he played a key role in our effort to update and reorient our intelligence community to meet the threats of our time."

VOA: standard.2010.06.05