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Andrew Tilghman talked about President Obama’s announcement that an additional 600 troops would be deployed to Iraq in an effort to take back the city of Mosul from ISIS. The Islamic S…

Andrew Tilghman reported by telephone on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s call for changes to school curricula in an effort to do better job “promoting American pride and patri…

Headlines from the day’s newspapers were read and telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question: “Should Schools Be Required to Teach Patriotism?” The question was inspired b…

Andrew Tilghman talked about the President Obama’s decision, announced the previous day, to put additional U.S. Special Operations Force troops on the ground in Syria. He responded to teleph…

Andrew Tilghman talked about Chuck Hagel’s resignation, time in office, and potential successors.

Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the question: “Do you plan to vote in the 2014 midterm elections?” Andrew Tilghman spoke by phone about U.S. military efforts in combating…

Andrew Tilghman talked about the Defense Department’s role in countering ISIS* in Iraq as the U.S. continues airstrikes in the country even as the Iraqi forces face internal political proble…

Andrew Tilghman was interviewed by phone about the latest developments in Iraq following U.S. airstrikes against ISIS.* The interview with Mr. Tilghman began two minutes into the program.…

Panelists talked about the rising costs of military personnel on active duty. Topics addressed include military compensation, military procurement and overhead costs, and TRICARE costs. TRIC…

Andrew Tilghman talked about how the Pentagon treats the benefits of same-sex military couples, especially in regard to health benefits. He discussed what issues the Pentagon is facing regar…

Andrew Tilghman talked about the demographics of U.S. military members. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. This program is part of C-SPAN’s regular Friday “Americ…

William Caldwell briefed reporters on the status of the training of Afghan security forces. Referring to the September 13, 2011 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, he said that he was impre…

Andrew Tilghman talked about the current and projected costs of military retirement programs. According to the Defense Business Board costs for military retirement programs run a current lia…

Commanders Charles Benson and Keith Stuessi spoke to reporters about operations at the Concussion Restoration Care Center at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan. They focused on issues related t…