The War Briefing
October 28, 2008
56m
Can the war in Afghanistan be won? A hard, inside look at the real policy choices facing Barack Obama...
The War Briefing
October 28, 2008
56m
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The next president of the United States will inherit some of the greatest foreign policy challenges in American history — an overstretched military, frayed alliances, and wars on two fronts. FRONTLINE gives viewers a hard, inside look at the real policy choices the next president will face. The report features strategists and diplomats giving their best advice about how to correct past failures and how to shape a realistic foreign policy approach in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. [Explore more on the original website for The War Briefing.]
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