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Along with my wife and on behalf of the entire staff, thank you for coming out on this darks stormy night. A few quick administrative notes. Now would be a good time if you have a cell phone or Something Else that might beep later to turn it off. When we get to the q a part of the session, because we have cspan here, it would help them to hear your question. If you could make it up to this microphone right here. And at the end before you come up to get your books signed our staff would appreciat...

National Security Forces and police are going to be able to take care of this problem at the same time. We are introducing your book and the things we know about your reality. We have the severe policy disconnect. What will you offer for advice on how to fix that . We i mean, you know in some ways the way it will work the Strategic Direction by the civilian elected commander in chief is you know military should. And large degree in the civilian run military to be in line with that there are fund...

Highlight had the need for a conditionsbased approach. Like our National Military strategy written in 2012 president obamas calendarbased troop drawdown plan for afghanistan no longer accurately reflects the facts and conditions on the ground. Like the president s policy against isil, the president s afghanistan policy lacks of strategic disconnect, providing a list of goals or preferences but precluding the means necessary to achieve them. Perhaps it is time for the president to exercise strate...

Privacy that she needed. One more time, thank you very much. [applause] feel free to come forward if you would like. Good afternoon. Im peter bergen. I run International Security program at the new America Foundation and its my great pleasure to introduce my colleague and friend who has this wonderful new book out. The green berets battles from afghanistan to washington, which outlines makes quite unusual career as these somebody who is creating policy in the white house but also runs a successf...

That we are hosting an event for a book guantanamo diary, without the author. That is because the author, Mohamedou Slahi is still imprisoned at one time about. He has been mayor since 2002 and he is still in the same cell he was where he wrote the book back in the summer and fall of 2005. He is spared even though he has never actually been charged with a crime and even though a federal judge ruling on habeas corpus ordered his release five years ago. The u. S. Government has appealed the judges...

Appeared on this campus all those decades ago that first mouse, that first message helped lay a foundation. And in the decades since, on campus uses like this, in Companies Campuses like this, in companies that are represented here, new people have come along, each laying down a block, one on top of the other. When future historians ask, who built this age, the answer will be, we all did. As americans. And im absolutely confident that if we keep at this, if we keep working together, in the spiri...

Glor good evening. Scotts off tonight. Im jeff glor. Tts first penalty issued by the white house after the the hack on sony pictures. A new set of sanctions, including north koreas Weapons Program and spy service, and the Administration Says it is only the first step. Chip reid is traveling with president obama in hawaii. Reporter the sanctions announced by the white house target three north korean organizations, including the governments Intelligence Agency and the agency that sells weapons to ...

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A couple of months ago and we were talking about current rules of engagement as it pertains to afghanistan, with this train, advise and assist mission. Isil is networking. We know they are recruiting in afghanistan. So my question was under this current operation youre under was if isil is identified by american troops or after began National Security forces in the assist mode we are in, can we absolutely destroy isil and the answer from the state department no, maam. My comment was i would cons...

Story that isnt being told. The people doing the daytoday work here are mostly civilian contract workers. They travel to the war zone, just for the promise of a good job. For many of them that promise turned out to be a lie. For more faultlines check out on demand or visit aljazeera. Com faultlines. We wanted to talk to more people whod worked these jobs. But to do so, we had to go far outside the war, where they could speak more openly. We found them in the rural heartland of southern india, in...