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Ramping up the troops to wind down our 8-year war in Afghanistan

Tomorrow President Obama will announce details of his long-anticipated troop surge and strategy change in Afghanistan and the main theme will be increasing the number of American troops with an eye on an exit strategy. There are so many contentious issues and parties in the debate over Afghanistan that one needs a score card: Congressional Democrats are divided on the best way forward while Republicans should support the President’s surge; while Afghans, skeptical of more foreign invaders and their own problematic government, keep a weary eye on developments. What’s the best way forward, and eventually out of Afghanistan?

Guests:

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-CA’s 46th District (Huntington Beach); member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee

Michael Cohen, senior research fellow at the New America Foundation

Ali Ahmad Jalali, former Interior Minister of Afghanistan; professor at the Near East South Asia Center of Strategic Studies at the National Defense University