Progress Toward Security and Stability in Afghanistan
Michele Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy at the U.S. Department of Defense, discusses America's strategy in Afghanistan.
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Mary M. Boies is a lawyer in private practice at Boies & McInnis LLP, specializing in antitrust and corporate commercial litigation. She was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Defense to the Air University Board, which includes the School for Advanced Air and Space Studies, the Air Command and Staff College, the College of Aerospace Doctrine, and the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Other board memberships include the Center for International Studies, International Rescue Committee, Business Executives for National Security, the Central European and Eurasian Law Institute in Prague, and the dean's executive committee at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. She has served as a member of the board of directors of MBNA Corporation and MBNA Bank. She was also general counsel for the U.S. Civil Aeronautics Board, vice president of CBS Inc., assistant director of the White House Domestic Policy Staff, and counsel to the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee. She also founded and later sold Mary Boies Software Inc., a publisher of children's educational software. She is based in Armonk, NY.
Michele Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy at the U.S. Department of Defense, discusses America's strategy in Afghanistan.
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Michèle Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy at the U.S. Department of Defense, discusses America's strategy in Afghanistan.
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Michèle Flournoy, under secretary of defense for policy at the U.S. Department of Defense, discusses America's strategy in Afghanistan.
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Hoshyar Zebari, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Iraq, analyzes Iraq's growth under democracy, and reaffirms that U.S. and international efforts were worth the cost.
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Hoshyar Zebari, minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Iraq, analyzes Iraq's growth under democracy, and reaffirms that U.S. and international efforts were worth the cost.
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Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari discusses Iraq's progress toward stable democracy and the examples it can provide for the Arab Spring.
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A panel discussion covering the politics of oil pipelines from the Caspian region to around the world.
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Listen to experts discuss issues surrounding the pursuit of oil and gas in the Caspian Sea region, including ongoing discussions among the five states that border the Sea, with an emphasis on the critical role of pipelines.
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