Our first speaker tonight keith snyder. He has worked for the National Park service for 33 years it four National Parks. Harpers ferry National Historic park, the National Mall in memorial parks, monastics national battlefield, and anti to no battlefield where he currently holds the position of visitor services. Keith received his undergraduate degree in 1984 and Park Administration with the concentration in American History from shepard university. His masters degree in strategic studies was earned the United States Army War College in 2003. He has also served in the air force and Air National Guard for 40 years, and recently retired as a colonel with 167th their left wing. He lives in martins bird, West Virginia with his wife cindy. Please welcome our first speaker as he talks about the battle of antietam from the perspective of the soldiers who experienced it firsthand. applause thank, you kevin. It is great to be with you. I certainly had a very enjoyable drive down here. This is s
The Brookings Institute posted this discussion. Hosted this discussion. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to our moderator. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to tom our moderator. Tom is a distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Really thrilled he would join us. He spent a lot of time in the field in afghanistan and elsewhere embedded with u. S. Combat units in other parts of the broader effort there that is now approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. Next to tom and before i hand the baton to him, ill just introduce my copanelist, or miller, the acting laura miller. She has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently, where she recently completed a 200 page study on in afghanistan Peace Agreement, written as a sort of a simulated or perhaps model agreement that parties themselves could consider because even though we are awa
The Brookings Institute posted this discussion. Hosted this discussion. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to our moderator. Hi, everyone and welcome to brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to tom our moderator. Tom is a distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Really thrilled he would join us. He spent a lot of time in the field in afghanistan and elsewhere embedded with u. S. Combat units in other parts of the broader effort there that is now approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. Next to tom and before i hand the baton to him, ill just introduce my copanelist, or miller, the acting laura miller. She has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently, where she recently completed a 200 page study on in afghanistan Peace Agreement, written as a sort of a simulated or perhaps model agreement that parties themselves could consider because even though we are awa
Very briefly putting the role of mc just to say hello and welcome you before i hand the baton to tom bowman of National Public radio who will be our moderator. Tom is a very distinguished and accomplished npr reporter, also really thrilled he would join us. He spent ape lot time in a field field in afghanistan and elsewhere embedded with u. S. Combat units and other parts of the broader effort there that now is approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. Next to tom and beforehand the baton to them i will just entered is my copanelists Laurel Miller who was the acting special representative for afghanistan and pakistan in the stick up romcom numerous other jobs in that capacity and that organization as well, has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently where she recently completed a coauthor 200 page study study on age proposed afghanistan Peace Agreement written as as a simulated or perhaps model agreement that parties themselves could perhaps consider because even though w
Brookings. I am briefly playing the role of mc to say hello beforehand it over to our moderator. Tom is a distinguished and accomplished npr reporter. Really thrilled he would join us. He spent a lot of time in the field in afghanistan, embedded with u. S. Combat units in other parts of the broader effort there that is now approaching the end of its second decade pretty soon. , my copanelist, acting laura miller. She has been at the Rand Corporation subsequently, where she recently completed a 200 page study on in afghanistan Peace Agreement, written as a simulated or model agreement that parties themselves could consider because even though we are aware that america is not gonna write the ultimate peace deal, the parties could benefit from some provocation. Weve been talking about having a peace negotiation for a long time but its not clear how specific people have gotten in there overall concepts about how that would be. She is now with the International Crisis group. A remarkable or