HBO History Makers Series with Stanley McChrystal
Tom Brokaw interviews General Stanley McChrystal about the U.S. mission in Afghanistan.
Speaker: Stanley McChrystal, Cofounder, McChrystal Group; Senior Fellow, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University; General, United States Army (Retired); Former Commander, United States and International Security Assistance Forces Afghanistan; Former Commander, Premier Military Counterterrorism Force, Joint Special Operations Command
Presider: Tom Brokaw, Special Correspondent, NBC News
October 6, 2011
Stanley A. McChrystal, former commander of the United States and International Security Assistance Forces Afghanistan and Joint Special Operations Command's premier military counterterrorism force, discusses his experiences in Afghanistan.
This meeting is part of the HBO History Makers series.
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