After the september 11th attacks, and initially he was involved with u. S. Efforts at the u. N. Security council to freeze and block assets linked to alqaeda. But after the invasion of ric in 2003 of iraq in 2003, he ended up in baghdad among the First American diplomats sent to the iraqi capital. And then he went on to spend seven years in either iraq or afghanistan advising u. S. Forces and working with local authorities and others. Kaels service, for which he received the secretary of states medal for heroism, was uncommon not only for the amount of time he was posted in iraq or afghanistan, but also for the range of his contacts and the depth of his involvement with american troops and local civilians. His new book, the mirror test, recounts his personal journey, and it also provides a closeup, gritty, emotional portrait of the, of the wars that america has been engaged in now for well over a decade. Kaels very critical of americas failures in both conflicts and makes a point of hi
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Fresh leadership to take it in this direction. So what does it mean for the world and for america . Ive assembled an allstar panel to discuss the economic and political impact. And then a former Top State Department official on why he publicly urged britain not to leave and where do we do from here. And imagine being on an isis hit list. This man doesnt have to imagine it. The terror group has made clear it wants to kill him. The inside story from one of americas top muslim leaders. And from the collapse of the soviet union to post9 11 afghanistan, one of the countrys finest writers, andrew solomon, has seen it all, and he tells us what he learned. But first, heres my take. I cant remember a more eventfilled 24 hours since the end of the cold war. On friday morning, britain voted to withdraw from the European Union, ending a decades old deeply intertwined political association. Then, scotlands first minister proposed a vote to break away from britain, ending the 300year union between t
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