Assessing Afghanistan After Holbrooke

The Brian Lehrer Show | Dec 15, 2010

President Obama is speaking about the latest assessment of the war in Afghanistan on Thursday.  Steve Clemons, director of the American Strategy Program at the New America Foundation and the man behind the popular political blog The Washington Note, previews the report and discusses how the death of Richard Holbrooke will affect US policy in Afghanistan.

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