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U.S. Central Command Chief, Marine Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, said in an interview Tuesday that he was “not surprised” commanders had that some commanders believed that the mission could have been done better.

“But remember,” the chief said, “what did happen is we came together and executed a plan. There are profound frustrations; commanders, particularly subordinate commanders, they see very clearly the advantages of other courses of action. However, we had a decision, and we had an allocation of forces. You proceed based on that.”

There “might have been other plans that we would have preferred, he said, “but when the president makes a decision, it’s time for us to execute the president’s decision.”

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