For the defense of democracies, thank you for joining us. I am cliff, the founder and president. We are pleased to be joined by former secretary of Defense And Cia director leon panetta, and former national Security Advisor general h. R. Mcmaster, to discuss the critical policy decision, the withdrawal of all u. S. Troops from afghanistan. On september 11, 2001 terrorist engaged in a jihad, struck our homeland, killing almost 3000 innocent people. By taking the fight to enemies and standing with our partners abroad who need our help, we have prevented another event on a Mass Scale over the years since. But there are still many organizations that operate in Afghanistan And Pakistan region. Nevertheless, President Biden is implementing a phased withdrawal of all u. S. Troops from afghanistan, one that explicitly ignores conditions on the ground. How have we gotten to this point . What is the current situation on the ground . What should we expect going forward . Good Terry Panetta and Ge
The Cochair And Ceo of the panetta institute, sylvia panetta. Good evening everyone. From monterey california, it is with great leisure i welcome you to the final lecture of the series 2021. When we launched this Years Program in february, we were confronting a series of unprecedented crises. The pandemic, and economic recession, growing racial inequality, consequences of climate change and a deep polarization that cause in attack on the u. S. Capital that threatened our democracy. It was with those events in mind we launched this Years Series New Leadership in a new decade. Can america be healed . Today, President Biden has strong approval ratings on his response to the pandemic. It is clear he still Nation Trust in the democracy has been filled by conspiracy theories that ignore the truth. Partisan gridlock is entrenched and charges encourages division. The laws to encourage voting have been a battleground for partisan advantage. Historians believe that we are more divided culturally
About lessons learned from the war in afghanistan and president Bidens Decision to withdraw troops by september 11 of this year. The 20th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. The foundation for defense of democracies hosted this hourlong event. On behalf of the foundation, thank you for joining us. I am cliff may, the founder and president. We are pleased to be joined by the former secretary of defense, leon panetta, and the former national Security Advisor, general Hr Mcmaster, to discuss a critical whole Policy Decision , the withdrawal of all u. S. Troops from afghanistan. On september 11, 2001, terrorists regard themselves as engaged in a g hot and struck our homeland. By taking the fight to our enemies and standing with our partners abroad who need our help, we have prevented another attack on that scale over the years since. But roughly 25 terrorist organizations currently operate in afghanistan, pakistan. Nevertheless, President Biden is implementing a timeline based withdrawal of a
Afghanistan and president Bidens Decision to withdraw troops by 2011 9 september 11 this year. I am cliff may. We are pleased to be joined by former secretary of Defense Liam Panetta and general h. R. Mcmaster to discuss a critical Policy Decision to withdraw u. S. Troops from afghanistan. On september 11, 2001, terrorists engaged in a jihad struck our homeland. We have prevented another attack on that scale. But roughly 20 foreign terrorist organizations currently operate in the afghanistan pakistan region. Nevertheless, biden is implementing a timelinebased withdrawal of all u. S. Troops from afghanistan, one that explicitly ignores conditions on the ground. How we got into this point . What is the current situation on the ground . What should we expect going forward . Secretary panetta and General Mcmaster are advisors to the Fdd Center on military and political power. They will discuss these and other questions with my colleague Bradley Bowman. Sec. Panetta served as secretary of D
About lessons learned from the war in afghanistan and president Bidens Decision to withdraw troops by september 11 of this year. The 20th anniversary of the 9 11 attacks. The foundation for defense of democracies hosted this hourlong event. On behalf of the foundation, thank you for joining us. I am cliff may, the founder and president. We are pleased to be joined by the former secretary of defense, leon panetta, and the former national Security Advisor, general Hr Mcmaster, to discuss a critical whole Policy Decision , the withdrawal of all u. S. Troops from afghanistan. On september 11, 2001, terrorists regard themselves as engaged in a g hot and struck our homeland. By taking the fight to our enemies and standing with our partners abroad who need our help, we have prevented another attack on that scale over the years since. But roughly 25 terrorist organizations currently operate in afghanistan, pakistan. Nevertheless, President Biden is implementing a timeline based withdrawal of a