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An Open Letter to Secretaries Blinken and Austin Regarding Afghan SIVs Signed by 100 Former Foreign Service and Military Officers An Open Letter to Secretaries Blinken and Austin Regarding Afghan SIVs Signed by 100 Former Foreign Service and Military Officers Note: The below letter was sent to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on May 10, 2021. MEI's Senior Vice President Gerald Feierstein, Distinguished Senior Fellow on National Security General (ret.) Joseph Votel, and MEI Afghanistan and Pakistan Program Director Marvin G....

american news around the world. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. leon panetta said the military plans to deploy units to strengthen security capabilities around the world. he delivered remarks on a new defense strategy that focuses on a more collaborative approach to meet security challenges in the future. he also spoke about the need for the department to invest in cyber security and space. this is a little under one hour. >> we welcome me care for a very special presentation. -- you here for a very special presentation. it is my pleasure to welcome the chai...

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> thank you all for being here. let me introduce this panel. gordon heddell ancestors for inspector general since july of 2009. he was acting inspector general from 2008 until 2009. prior to joining the dod ig, mr. heddell served as inspector general for department player. harold geisel, and i seem to [inaudible] >> okay, herald geisel served as deputy inspector general for the state department says june 2008. he is more than 25 years experience for the state department improves a certified teen inspector general since 1994. michae...

contracting. that was followed up with the hiring of mr. john brennan as my principal auditor. >> wended that higher occur? >> that hiring actually occurred the first week of january of 2009. that is when mr. brandon actually came aboard. we commence the process of bringing him to avoid much earlier that. to make you abandon the agency held on when he joined the agency? >> i had been at the agency -- >> since july 2008, correct? >> that's when i was sworn in, correct. >> now, the audit plan the love requires and i'm sure, i hope the person you did was to look at public law 110 and 18...

the european union delegation to the u.s. the u.s. embassy in kabul faces serious security issues. after that, we will talk about the two-year anniversary of the financial collapse of bear stearns. this is "washington journal." . . host: are you active in the healthcare debate? there are ads going up, groups asking you to call your congressperson or senator, to drive past offices -- we want to know where you are doing. start dailing in now. here are a couple of ads recently put on air. >> next week, congress can make history by voting to make health care right. president obama's plan...