Republican lawmakers are turning up the pressure for more information over the direction of the stalemated war in Afghanistan.

House Minority Leader John Boehner complained at a Capitol Hill press conference Thursday that Afghanistan's battlefield commander,

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has not yet been allowed by the administration to testify to Congress.

But Defense Secretary Robert Gates is urging patience.

Gates says President Obama deserves the right to first study reviews from his military advisers on what may be some of the most important decisions of his presidency.

- Associated Press