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September 17, 2009

Afghanistan War

Witnesses testified about military and civilian operations in Afghanistan and possible strategies to brieng greater stability to the… read more

Witnesses testified about military and civilian operations in Afghanistan and possible strategies to brieng greater stability to the country. Among the topics they addressed were military personnel levels needed to support the operation, controlling narcotics trafficking, the level of threat posed by al-Qaida and the Taliban, and steps needed to strengthen the civilian government. close

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Bob Casey Jr. U.S. Senator (Class 1) [D] Pennsylvania
Bob Corker U.S. Senator (Class 1) [R] Tennessee

Bantz "John" J. Craddock Commander (Former) U.S. European Command
Ryan C. Crocker Ambassador (Former) United States->Iraq
Russ Feingold U.S. Senator [D] Wisconsin
Khaled Hosseini Author
Ted Kaufman U.S. Senator [D] Delaware
John F. Kerry U.S. Senator [D] Massachusetts
Clare Lockhart Co-Founder and CEO Institute for State Effectiveness
Richard G. Lugar U.S. Senator [R] Indiana
Jeanne Shaheen U.S. Senator (Class 2) [D] New Hampshire
Jim Webb U.S. Senator [D] Virginia
Roger Wicker U.S. Senator (Class 1) [R] Mississippi

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Program ID:: 288983-1
Category:: Senate Committee
Format:: Senate Committee
Location:: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
First Aired:: Sep 17, 2009 | 9:33am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Last Aired:: Sep 24, 2009 | 7:36am EDT | C-SPAN 3

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Sep 17, 2009 | 9:33am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 17, 2009 | 9:37am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 17, 2009 | 7:23pm EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 17, 2009 | 9:10pm EDT | C-SPAN 2
Sep 18, 2009 | 1:03am EDT | C-SPAN 2
Sep 19, 2009 | 12:06pm EDT | C-SPAN 1
Sep 24, 2009 | 1:37am EDT | C-SPAN 3
Sep 24, 2009 | 7:36am EDT | C-SPAN 3

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