And we will be talking politics. Will you be doing it during this thanksgiving holiday . All coming up on washington journal. You can send us a tweet. Good morning. We begin with afghanistan. American troops on the ground in what has become americas longest war. Joining us live is brig. Gen. William graham. Thank you for being with us on this holiday. Thanks for having us. Happy thanksgiving to you and all your viewers. Host he is joining us via skype. So there is a little bit of a delay. Lets begin with what is americas longest war. From your standpoint what are some of the Biggest Challenges on the ground . Guest in just a minute and we will get that out of the way. This is my second tour in afghanistan and what i will noisywith you as another helicopter flies past is that there is optimism here with the Afghan People. The new u. S. Policy and its our nato allies is playing well with afghanistan. There is true optimism here. By someed here today amazing american patriots. You guys ha
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Those generators and fuel, we could have built. [ inaudible ] twice. Drank nothank no joining us. Welling over 100 billion more than what we paid to get a man to the moon, more than what it costs to rebuild europe after world wore two world war ii and much of the money spent has been a colossal waste. The efforts to stands up a country still vulnerable to the pull of forces lie like the taliban was good intentioned but was it a complete failure. Jennifer glasse begins our report with the ice cream man of continues therecontinues there are whose dreams are melting away. Reporter ice cream mogul is obsessedobsessed with keeping things cold. In a dez certificate city with 100degree summers thats not easy. Reporter he eached his ice cream business fore four years arc he wanted to create as many jobs as possible. The timing seemed right. The americans had just built an Industrial Park with its own power station. The afghans needed elect dress at this but knew diesel was the wrong way to go.
What did the u. S. Dollars buy . The american says had their own end and goals. With the money they spent to all those generators and fuel, we could have built. [ inaudible ] twice. Drank nothank no joining us. Welling over 100 billion more than what we paid to get a man to the moon, more than what it costs to rebuild europe after world wore two world war ii and much of the money spent has been a colossal waste. The efforts to stands up a country still vulnerable to the pull of forces lie like the taliban was good intentioned but was it a complete failure. Jennifer glasse begins our report with the ice cream man of continues therecontinues there are whose dreams are melting away. Reporter ice cream mogul is obsessedobsessed with keeping things cold. In a dez certificate city with 100degree summers thats not easy. Reporter he eached his ice cream business fore four years arc he wanted to create as many jobs as possible. The timing seemed right. The americans had just built an Industrial
Hello again im peter w. Watching al jazeera live from doha also coming up the verdict is guilty local media in thailand say the former Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has been sentenced to five years in prison for corruption. A landmark decision in saudi arabia will allow women to drive for the first Time Starting next june plus. Its a Welcome Break from the fear of a Nuclear Attack south korea holds a Film Festival to call for peace. Russia and france have called on kurdish leaders not to pursue actions that may further destabilize the region they are the latest International Powers to call on the bill to remain part of iraq in the wake of mondays session referendum moscow called for talks between baghdad and the courteously. The ship the French Foreign minister says a declaration of independence would trigger a new crisis meanwhile iraq is demanding the Kurdish Regional government surrender control of its airports or face a ban of International Flights Charles Stratford reports fr