Assessing the Afghan Surge
In his address to the nation on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama laid out a strategy he says will turn the tides in the faltering Afghan...
Speaker: Madeleine K. Albright, Principal, The Albright Group; Former U.S. Secretary of State
Presider: Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Introductory Speaker: Paul B. Stares, General John W. Vessey Senior Fellow for Conflict Prevention and Director of the Center for Preventive, Council on Foreign Relations
December 9, 2008
This session was part of the Center for Preventive Action Symposium on Preventive Priorities for a New Era, which was made possible by the generosity of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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