George Packer appears in the following:
George Packer Reflects on the Iraq War, 10 Years Later
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Iraq's New Journalism
Friday, March 15, 2013
In a story that originally ran in 2006, Brooke talks with three Iraqis who worked as fixers for American journalists during the war.
Rahim Alhaj - Taqsim Maqam Ajam
George Packer on Richard Holbrooke
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
George Packer, staff writer for The New Yorker, knew Richard Holbrooke not only through his reporting but through many conversations with the diplomatic titan. Packer was supposed to have dinner with Holbrooke this Friday, and joins us now to remember not only Holbrook's impressive career, but his personality and his humor.
George Packer on Wikileaks and Julian Assange
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
George Packer, staff writer for The New Yorker, discusses what we've learned about U.S. foreign policy from WikiLeaks and this morning's arrest of Julian Assange.
What's Next for Iraq
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
President Obama said on Monday that the Iraq war was nearing an end, adding that combat troops will withdraw by the end of the month. George Packer, The New Yorker staff writer, blogger, and author of The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, helps answer the question, "What's next for Iraq?"
Reaction to General McChrystal Speaking Out
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Fred Kaplan, who writes the "War Stories" column for Slate, and George Packer, New Yorker staff writer, react to General McChrystal's criticism of the White House in a Rolling Stone profile and whether it could result in a leadership change in the military effort in Afghanistan.
Kaplan and Packer on Drone Warfare
Monday, May 31, 2010
Fred Kaplan, national-security columnist for Slate.com and the author of 1959: The Year Everything Changed (Wiley, 2009), and George Packer, New Yorker staff writer and the author of Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009), talk about the use of drones and unmanned aircraft in combat.
Drone Warfare
Friday, April 09, 2010
Fred Kaplan, national-security columnist for Slate.com and the author of 1959: The Year Everything Changed (Wiley, 2009), and George Packer, New Yorker staff writer and the author of Interesting Times: ...
Interesting Times: National Security in the Last Decade
Monday, December 28, 2009
Nobel Peace Prize
Friday, October 09, 2009
Michael Shear, White House correspondent for The Washington Post and Alex Counts president and CEO of the Grameen Foundation, partner to the Grameen Bank, winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, talks about President Obama being awarded the international honor nine months into his presidency. Plus, George Packer of the ...