Guest: Dr. Anthony Cordesman. He holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Dr Corsdesman is a former National Security Assistant to Senator John McCain, and served in the Defense Department and State Department. He writes a lot about Afghanistan and Pakistan and is the author of 50 books.
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