The most popular programs for the Afghanistan Tag http://www.c-spanvideo.org/browse?topic=895 en-US Copyright 2013, National Cable Satellite Corporation info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Fri, 24 May 2013 05:29:36 GMT General Stanley McChrystal and Ambassador Karl Eikenberry testified about plans to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan and subsequent goals to begin reducing troop levels beginning in July 2011. General McChrystal said in his remarks that the additional troops would give the U.S. "credibility in the minds of Afghans who demand proof not only that we want to protect them but that we can." They also talked about their expectations for success in enhancing security in the region and bringing more credibility to the political process. Additionally General McChrystal said that either killing or capturing Osama bin Laden would be a symbolic victory that could help defeat al-Qaida. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290530-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290530-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT President Obama addressed the nation from the East Room of the White House on his plan to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. While pledging an enduring partnership with Afghanistan and a commitment to the struggle against al-Qaeda and terrorism, he said the time had come to turn the country back to the Afghans. He also outlined his foreign policy agenda for the region, commenting on the U.S. commitment to democratic movements across the Arab world. He concluded with a call to solve economic problems at home in the U.S., and paid tribute to military personnel who served in Afghanistan. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300160-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300160-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Admiral Mike Mullen briefed reporters. Secretary Gates, who was participating in his last press conference before his retirement at the end of the month, began by recommending Admiral Jonathan Greenert as next chief of naval operations. In his comments he praised the press corps and talked about his relationship with the media. Other topics included U.S.-Pakistan relations, the Afghanistan war and troop withdrawal time table, the unrest in Yemen and Syria, and NATO operations in Libya. He and Admiral Mullen reacted to the appointment of the new al-Qaida leader as well as the Defense Department budget and spending cuts. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300068-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300068-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Bob Woodward, author of [Obama's Wars], talked about President Obama's direction of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq during his first 18 months in the White House. Topics included the president's deliberations over whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, the issues faced by administration officials, and the conflicts between people in several key positions. Mr. Woodward also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. Clips were shown of Mr. Woodward speaking October 7, 2010, on the "Charlie Rose Show," in 1994 about the working relationship between President Clinton and Vice President Gore, and in 2007 about President George W. Bush. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295890-5 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/295890-5 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Former Vice President Dick Cheney addressed the 20th anniversary Keeper of the Flame dinner. He talked about national security policy and U.S. engagement in Afghanistan. He criticized the Obama administration for "waffling" on Afghan strategy, saying the "White House must stop dithering while America's armed forces are in danger." He also defended the Bush administration against charges that it allowed some suspected terrorists to be tortured. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/289582-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/289582-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT President Obama spoke to reporters and answered questions at the White House daily briefing. Topics included Syria's potential use of chemical or biological weapons against rebel forces in the country, Mitt Romney's tax returns, the recent increase of violence in Afghanistan, the economy, and a controversial campaign commercial produced by a super political action committee in support of the Obama campaign. In reference to U.S. Senate candidate and Representative Todd Akin's (R-MO) remarks about "legitimate rape," he said the "views expressed were offensive" and that "rape is rape." President Obama replied when asked if the congressman should drop out of the race, "He was nominated by the Republicans in Missouri. I'll let them sort that out." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307682-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307682-2 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Robert Gibbs delivered the daily White House briefing. Questions focused on U.S. troop levels and strategy in Afghanistan following President Obama's previous night national address on strategy in Afghanistan. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290410-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290410-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Telephone lines were open for comments on President Obama's strategy for the war in Afghanistan. Portions of his previous night prime time address on the war were shown throughout the program. Julius Cavendish, reporting by phone from Kabul, talked about reaction to President Obama's announcement that the U.S. will send more troops to Afghanistan. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290380-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290380-2 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Zalmay Khalilzad talked about the Afghan-U.S. relationship, U.S. efforts in Iraq, and what more the United Nations needs to do when it comes to Iran. He also responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293104-7 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/293104-7 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Defense Undersecretary for Acquisitions Ashton Carter testified on the Defense Department's efforts to cut costs on federal contracts, increase competition, and improve Pentagon acquisition practices. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298693-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/298693-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Steven Pressfield and Sean Naylor talked about the history of war in Afghanistan and the conflict there since the U.S. invasion in 2002. They responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Steven Pressfield is the author of [The Afghan Campaign: A Novel], published by Doubleday. The book tells the story of Alexander the Great's war in Afghanistan 2,000 years ago, which he described as very similar to the U.S. war being fought there today. Sean Naylor is the author of [Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda], published by Berkley. He was an imbedded journalist with the 101st Airborne Division during this battle. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/195354-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/195354-2 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT President Obama delivered a nationally televised address from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He outlined the situation in the region and laid out his strategy and goals for international efforts in the war in Afghanistan, saying "the [status quo] is not sustainable." To address the challenges ahead, he announced an order to deploy 30,000 more troops, detailed the Kabul government's changing role in the war, and called on the international community and American people to support the efforts. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290349-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290349-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen spoke to reporters and answered questions about the release of classified war documents by the website WikiLeaks. The documents contain raw intelligence reports from the field, which among other things include the identity of informants. Secretary Gates in his remarks said the consequences for troops and Afghan allies could be severe and dangerous. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294824-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294824-2 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Veterans of combat operations in Afghanistan testified about their experiences and offered advice from the perspective of soldiers and junior officers in the field. Most said that U.S. forces had done an insufficient job of reaching out to local villagers and presenting a viable alternative to cooperation with anti-Western fundamentalists. They were divided, however, on the usefulness of the Obama administrations plans to increase U.S. military presence in the region. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/285462-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/285462-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Michelle Flournoy and Admiral Mike Mullen testified about President Obama's Afghanistan troop reduction plan. Admiral Mullen said he supported the president's plan to reduce U.S. troops in Afghanistan, but that the "president's decisions are more aggressive and incur more risk than I was originally prepared to accept." He later added "if the strategy if it's not working in a year or two, it needs to be reassessed" and that "we're now paying the price for walking away in 1989" from Pakistan and Afghanistan. The president's plan called for 10,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan to return home by the end of the year and a total of 33,000 troops by the end of the next summer. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300192-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300192-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan held hearings on review procedures of reconstruction and security contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The panel consisted of members of the Defense Department's contracting auditing agencies. Topics included the working relationships between government contracting agencies, and reviews of wartime audits. Chairman Christopher Shays and other commission members criticized the panel for not adequately reviewing work performed by Kellogg Brown and Root and other wartime federal contractors. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288325-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288325-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT President Obama spoke about the U.S. economy and the war in Afghanistan. He continued his call for a long-term deficit deal that would include new tax revenue and modifications to Medicare and Social Security programs. He suggested that further cuts to other government programs would be very difficult to achieve. He also spoke about the August 6, 2011, helicopter crash oin Afghanistan that killed 38 people, including members of a Navy SEAL team. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300945-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300945-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan held hearings to explore whether billions of dollars in taxpayer money are at risk from inadequate contractor business systems. Contractors testified in the second panel. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288325-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/288325-2 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Task Force Rakkasan Commander Viet Luong briefed reporters and answered questions about current operations in Afghanistan. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297261-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297261-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Robert Gibbs gave the daily White House briefing. Questions were focused on the WikiLeaks' release of classified military documents on the war in Afghanistan. In his remarks Mr. Gibbs said the leaking of the documents does raise security concerns but will not change U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294755-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294755-2 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gordon Goldstein talked by remote access from New York City about his book [Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam] (Times Books, November 11, 2008; Holt Paperbacks, reprint edition, September 1, 2009). He talked about lessons learned from Vietnam and the current situation in Afghanistan. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. The program began with a clip from September 30, 2009, of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs answering a question about Mr. Goldstein's book being read by members of the administration. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/289314-4 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/289314-4 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Commission on Wartime Contracting held a hearing to examine the spending of U.S. tax dollars in Afghanistan, as well as the quality of contract supervision. Arnold Fields, the U.S. official in charge of running the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, said that bad planning was the chief reason for cost overruns in the country's reconstruction efforts. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297664-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297664-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Greg Mortenson talked about the book he wrote with David Oliver Relin, [Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace. . . One School at a Time] (Penguin; January 30, 2007). Among other topics, he talked about his life, his family, and former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, and he recounted stories from the book. [Three Cups of Tea] is the story of Mr. Mortenson's work in Afghanistan and Pakistan to establish schools. The idea for the schools stemmed from Mr. Mortenson's unsuccessful attempt in 1993 to climb the world's second highest mountain called K2 in Pakistan. Lost and sick, he ended up in the village of Korphe where the people took care of him for seven weeks. Mr. Mortenson promised to return to the village and start a school there. He continues to build schools in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and other areas of central Asia. He is also the co-founder of Pennies for Peace, where American students pool their pennies to help Afghan and Pakistani children to buy school supplies. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/280546-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/280546-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Opening remarks were delivered by President Karzai, Secretary Rice, and Chairman Pachauri on the first day of the World Economic Forum. Topics included terrorism, global climate change, wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the Middle East peace process, and political and economic freedom. The principal theme of the 2008 annual meeting was "The Power of Collaborative Innovation." http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/201863-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/201863-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Representative Raul Grijalva talked about Progressives' views of President Obama's previous evening prime time address on new Afghanistan war policy. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290380-5 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/290380-5 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Witnesses testified about U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in his remarks that U.S. and Afghanistan forces were searching for better ways to defend against insurgent attacks. Admiral Mike Mullen accused Pakistan of "exporting violence" to Afghanistan and said this put U.S.-Pakistan relations in jeopardy. This was Secretary Panetta's first appearance before the committee as defense secretary, and Admiral Mullen's final appearance as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301702-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/301702-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT President Obama addressed the nation from Kabul, Afghanistan, on the first anniversary of the killing of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden, and soon after signing an agreement on strategic cooperation with Afghanistan. The agreement said the U.S. would provide aid, advisers and support after NATO combat troops left in 2014. This was the first presidential address to the nation delivered from an overseas location. The speech was broadcast from a hangar at Baghram Air Base with armored military vehicles as a backdrop. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305749-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305749-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Witnesses from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and State and Defense Departments testified about the more than 40,000 private security contractors supporting U.S. operations in Southwest Asia. They focused on "inherently governmental" operations and the manner in which the federal government and military approved private contracts. The hearing was joined in progress. Chairman Thibault's complete remarks can be viewed on program 294159-3. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294159-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294159-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Major General Timothy Haake talked about the confirmation hearing for General David Petraeus, who will take command of the International Security Forces in Afghanistan following the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal the previous week. He also discussed the impact of the change in command on the war in Afghanistan, and provided insight into the kind of commander General Petraeus might be and the dismissal of General McChrystal. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications as well. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294300-5 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294300-5 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy on the department's contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among the topics he addressed were the transition of authority to civilian control for Iraq operations, security after the transition, foreign workers employed at U.S. facilities, and past problems with contract management. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299877-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299877-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT General David Petraeus talked at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia about Iraq and Afghanistan strategies. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292076-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/292076-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified on U.S. foreign policy. Topics included Afghanistan and Pakistan, U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, israel-Palestin relations, and Russia, India, and Cuba. Among her comments she cautioned against the U.S. cutting spending in Afghanistan and Paksitan, saying that stability in the region is critical to U.S. security. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302353-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302353-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Gen. Conway delivered the luncheon address to the National Press Club. He talked about the role of the Marine Corp in the modern Armed Forces, specifically in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the military conditions in Pakistan. He answered questions submitted from the audience. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/286975-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/286975-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT President Bush spoke to the nation from the Indian Treaty Room about the military strikes that the U.S. military was now carrying out against military targets in Afghanistan. The military attacks were in response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the U.S. World Trade Center and the Pentagon. He referred to the effort as Operation Enduring Force. President Bush's remarks were made at 1:00 p.m. EDT and carried live on all U.S. television networks. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/166534-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/166534-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Secretary of State Clinton testified on U.S. goals and progress in Afghanistan and Pakistan. She said the U.S. is in the preliminary stages of diplomatic outreach to the Taliban in an effort to find a political solution to the war in Afghanistan, saying reconciliation is "not a pleasant business, but a necessary one." She spoke in full support of President Obama's plan to bring home 33,000 troops by September 2012 and admitted to a vigorous debate inside the White House over the timing of that withdrawal. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300179-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300179-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT The Senate Armed Services Committee held a confirmation hearing on the nomination of General David Petraeus to be commander, International Security Assistance Force and, commander, U.S. Forces Afghanistan. Among the issues he addressed were the eventual withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, the readiness of Afghan security forces, the current security threat in the region, and the effectiveness of counterinsurgency strategy. He also said that he would review rules of engagement and the manner in which the rules were implemented. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294297-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294297-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT General Petraeus testified on current operations in Afghanistan. During questioning from Senator McCain, General Petraeus took suddenly ill and the hearing was suspended as he walked from the hearing room to recover from being light-headed. He later returned and Chairman Levin announced that the hearing would continue the next day despite General Petraeus' recovery. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294068-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294068-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT General Richard Myers talked about his new book, [Eyes on the Horizon: Serving on the Front Lines of National Security] (Threshold Editions; March 17, 2009), in which he discusses his career in the military, the events of September 11 and the U.S. military and strategic action and response that followed, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. General Myers also outlined the mistakes made by the White House, Pentagon leadership, and the intelligence community, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/286327-4 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/286327-4 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT President Obama gave the commencement address to the 2012 graduating class of the Air Force Academy. He said that said the 2012 class was the first in nearly a decade in which no soldiers will be fighting in Iraq and Osama bin Laden was no longer a threat, and that had a firm commitment of an end to the war in Afghanistan. This program includes only a portion of the entire commencement ceremony in which cadets received their diplomas and a salute from the president. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306193-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/306193-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould talked about their book [Invisible History: Afghanistan's Untold Story] (City Lights Publishers; January 1, 2009) with Back Pages Books store owner Alex Green, and they responded to audience members' question. Their history of Afghanistan includes their own first-hand accounts of the U.S. government's involvement there in the late 1970s and 1980s. Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould, a husband and wife team, first began reporting on Afghanistan for CBS News in 1981 and have also covered Afghanistan for "Nightline" and the "MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour." They are also the producers of the PBS documentary [Afghanistan: Between Three Worlds]. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/284378-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/284378-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT General John Allen and Undersecretary James Miller testified on operations in Afghanistan. Among the topics they addressed were the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country by 2014, as well as the killing of Afghan civilians by an American soldier. General Allen said the mission in Afghanistan was on-track, and expressed confidence in the 2014 withdrawal deadline, saying he had seen no indication from the Obama administration of a push to speed up the withdrawal. He downplayed Afghan President Hamid Karzai's recent call for foreign troops to withdraw to their bases. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304961-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304961-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CodePink, takes a critical look at the use of drones by the U.S. military and argues that targeted killings do not make us safer. Members of the audience also spoke out and Ms. Benjamin also responded to questions from members of the audience at Talking Leaves Bookstore in Buffalo, New York. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307210-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/307210-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Freelance video journalist David Axe, on his fourth trip to Afghanistan in March 2011, was embedded with the U.S. Army in Logar Province, south of Kabul. He joined troops on patrols of local villages and on a mission to clear roads of improvised explosive devices (IED), and talked with U.S. military commanders about security in Logar Province and the status of U.S. training of the Afghan army and police. He also recorded his experience while inside a military vehicle after it struck an IED. Ignore event date. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299556-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/299556-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT President Obama announced that he had accepted the resignation of General Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan. He said that he would nominate General Petraeus to the position. General McChrystal had made comments published in [Rolling Stone] critical of civilian leadership in the Obama administration. In his remarks President Obama praised General McChrystal's dedication, but said that his conduct eroded the trust needed to complete the mission. He also said that he remained committed to the mission and strategy for operations in Afghanistan. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294210-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/294210-2 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Douglas Wissing talked about [Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban], his book detailing his assertion that much of the U.S. taxpayer money spent in Afghanistan is diverted to the Taliban. He called Afghan President Hamid Karzai's government "wholly corrupt," and cited examples of U.S. government spending projects that wind their way through a mostly corrupt bidding process by Afghan contractors.He also described his experiences as an embedded journalist with five National Guard units. Douglas Wissing is an independent journalist and author. He studied history and political science at Indiana University. He is the author of five other books including [Pioneer in Tibet: The Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton]. He has contributed to the [New York Times], the [Los Angeles Times], [National Geographic Traveler], and NPR networks, among others. He is married with two grown sons, and resides in Bloomington, Indiana. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305281-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/305281-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Major Rusty Bradley, an Army Special Forces team leader who recently finished his fifth tour in Afghanistan, talked about his experiences fighting the Taliban. He responded to questions from members of the audience at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in Fayetteville, North Carolina. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300972-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300972-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Nir Rosen looks at the consequences of the U.S. war in Iraq and the implications for the war in Afghanistan. He spoke at Rice University in Houston, Texas. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297316-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/297316-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT While the U.S. military waged a public war against al-Qaeda, the Central Intelligence Agency secretly hunted terrorists in Afghanistan with the help of a Jordanian agent. That Jordanian later detonated a bomb that killed seven CIA agents. In his book, Joby Warrick tells the story of the man who was able to infiltrate both al-Qaeda and the CIA, causing the greatest loss of life to the Agency in decades. He discussed the case of the triple agent with Yochi Dreazen. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300504-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/300504-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Prime Minister David Cameron answered questions from members of his party and opposition members. The prime minister and members responded to the news of the six British soldiers who are missing and presumed dead, following an explosion in Afghanistan. Questions then followed on the 2014 timetable for withdrawing British troops from Afghanistan, child benefit policy, and the prime minister's upcoming official visit to the United States. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304795-1 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/304795-1 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Panelists debated the legality of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars and actions taken by the George W. Bush and Obama administrations since the start of them. Topics included the the use of waterboarding or other enhanced interrogation techniques, continued detainment of combatants without due process, and the killings of Osama bin Laden and American al-Qaeda member Anwar al-Awlaki. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302783-2 info@c-spanarchives.org (National Cable Satellite Corporation) http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/302783-2 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT