David McKiernan

AGE: 57
OCCUPATION: International Security Assistance Force commander
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 0

PRO: The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, McKiernan must develop a strategy of engagement in a region where the Taliban is taking over, with suicide bombings and small-arms attacks on the rise.

CON: According to McKiernan, the 17,000 troop increase approved by Obama isn't enough. And the attempt to tame Afghanistan has already felled one superpower.

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