The 2009 TIME 100 Finalists
Cast your votes for the leaders, artists, entrepreneurs and thinkers who deserve a spot on this year's TIME 100. — By Brian Raftery
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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