Good morning, we meet to receive testimony on the situation in afghanistan, i am pleased to welcome general john ,icholson back to the committee we thank you for your many years of distinguished service and leadership of u. S. And allied forces in afghanistan at a critical time. We would ask you to relate to the brave men and women fighting under your command how appreciative and how proud we are of their service. At war ins been afghanistan for more than a decade and a half. It is always worth remembering that American Forces went to afghanistan because that was where, under the century of the under the taliban regime, now counted planned and trained for the september 11 attacks that killed 3000 innocent civilians on american soil. Our mission was to ensure that afghanistan would never again be a safe haven for al qaeda or other terrorist groups to attack america or our allies and partners, that mission has been successful for 15 years but it is not over. American forces are carrying
That you can joined us for a rollout on a report of afghanistan and moving forward. As we were thinking about the president ial transition we thought it was prudent to put together papers for the next president really recommending our way forward that would protect american interests in any number of topics and seemed to us that afghanistan a war that continues 16 years on that it was a critical area where a new administration was going to have to grapple with u. S. Strategy objectives, and the way forward for the campaign. And so, we commissioned chris colenda, here to lead the development of the report. Chris is now president and ceo of the colenda leadership group. Hes also a former military officer four times in afghanistan, once commanding an airborne Infantry Task force in kunar, and has been written up in many case studies and books as a sort of model how counter insurgeoncy can be effective. I was fortunate to have him as my Senior Advisor on policy for afghanistan and pakistan
Welcome, everybody. Good afternoon. Im michelle. Im the cofound sxwrer ceo for the center for new american security, c dmch23467 cnas. Were delighted you could join us today. As we were thinking of the president ial transition we thought it was important to put together some papers for the next president before we knew who that president would be. Really recommending a way forward that would protect and advance american interests on any number of topics. And it seemed to us that afghanistan as a war that continues 16 years on that this was a key area where administration would have to grapple with u. S. Strategy, objectives and the way forward for the campaign. And so we commissioned Chris Columba whos a cnas senior adjunct fellow here, to lead the development of the report. Chris is now president and ceo of the strategic leadership group. Hes also a former military officer, four times in afghanistan, once commanding an airborne Infantry Task force in Kunar Nuristan which pioneered a n
Welcome, everybody. Good afternoon. Im michelle. Im the cofound sxwrer ceo for the center for new american security, c dmch23467 cnas. Were delighted you could join us today. As we were thinking of the president ial transition we thought it was important to put together some papers for the next president before we knew who that president would be. Really recommending a way forward that would protect and advance american interests on any number of topics. And it seemed to us that afghanistan as a war that continues 16 years on that this was a key area where administration would have to grapple with u. S. Strategy, objectives and the way forward for the campaign. And so we commissioned Chris Columba whos a cnas senior adjunct fellow here, to lead the development of the report. Chris is now president and ceo of the strategic leadership group. Hes also a former military officer, four times in afghanistan, once commanding an airborne Infantry Task force in Kunar Nuristan which pioneered a n
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