Without the partnership of the Partnership Ambassador tony win the senior advisers csis and a friend and thank you very much tony for everything. I think we will have a very interesting and constructive conversation today and when i think about people who are qualified for their jobs and the right people at the right time i cant think of a better person than my friend from the afghanistanpakistan office at usaid. He summoned that have served in pakistan and afghanistan and served in some of the toughest places in the world. Craig is a friend, greg is a patriot and a qualified individual. Thank god he has raised his hand and agree to public service. Thank you very much. Come on up here. Give them a round of applause. [applause] its very nice to see many of my old friends here in the audience particularly i found from cairo was done a lot of the things that need to be done or might be done in afghanistan. Its great to see all of you and i look forward to meeting those of you that i have
Be sure to watch washington journal at 7 00 a. M. Eastern. Join the discussion. A former u. S. Ambassador to afghanistan and a former undersecretary of state, talking about the ongoing contact this conflict between u. S. Role in afghanistan. It is hosted by the center for new american security. Good afternoon, i am the ceo. We are delighted that you could join us today. A rollout of the new report that we have done on afghanistan and the way forward. We were thinking about the president ial , it seems that afghanistan as it were to continue 16 years of the strategic leadership group. Also a former military officer told four times in afghanistan. Pioneered a new approach to counterinsurgency in many case studies and books as the model for how it can be effective. He went on to be a season advisor for general pates. Im fortunate to have him as my Senior Adviser on policy for afghanistan and pakistan. A natural and match a natural and national treasure. Within weeks we hope he will be a n
We are delighted that you could join us today for a rollout of the new report that we have done on afghanistan and forward. As we were thinking about the president ial transition we thought it was important to put together some papers for the next president before we knew who the president would be. Really recommended what would protect and vent American Interest in any number of topics. It scenes that afghanistan is a war that continues 16 years on that this is a critical area where a new administration would have to grapple with us strategy, objectives and a way forward for the campaign. So we commissioned a senior fellow here to lead the development of the report. He is not president and ceo of strategic leadership group. He is also a former military officer four times in afghanistan. Once commanding an airborne Infantry Task force. And pioneered deed as has been written up in many case studies and books as a model for how they can be effective. He then went on to be a Senior Adviso
Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much, adam, and thank you everyone for coming here. I look out in the audience and see all kinds of friends and colleagues out here. I so appreciate you coming, im going to sippingle out one person from the voice of america, alan high, who is great history from voice of america kept me from making an error in the speech im about to make. I need to thank him right now. Second, id like to acknowledge my predecessor as the director of the voice of america, david ensor, who has been as helpful and warm to me as any human being can be in helping prepare me for this big job. Please to acknowledge david ensor, who is now at the atlantic council. [ applause ] so as adam says, if you want to know my biography, just flip the page over and read it yourselves, but id like to tell you a couple things you might not know. Im of an age that i was part of a movement that cheap airfares and curiosity about the world sent all of us out around the globe. You know, migration
Feel free to come forward if you would like. Good afternoon. Im peter bergen and peter bergen and i run into National Security foundation and its my great pleasure to introduce my colleague and friend Michael Waltz who has this wonderful new book out warrior diplomat a green berets battles from washington to afghanistan which really outlines mikes unusual career both being someone who is creating policy in the white house and the south asia adviser to Vice President cheney and carrying out the policies and the field as a special forces officer. Mike is also running a successful business. Hes a fellow here at the new America Foundation so he is going to outline the big ideas and some of the interesting stories in the book and then we will open up to question after session. Thank you. Mike. Thank you peter and thanks everyone for coming out today. I will just take a brief moment and talk about some of the broader Strategic Issues that i have tried to address in the book and really underl