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YouTube: Rep. Harman on Afghanistan (video)

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Wonk Room:  Harman: More U.S. Troops Not Going To Fix Afghanistan

Think Progress:  Harman: ‘I am not one who is enthusiastic’ about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

Matthew Yglesias:  Today in Afghanistan News

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Harman: More U.S. Troops Not Going To Fix Afghanistan
Wonk Room — Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) gave an address at the Center for American Progress today, calling on Congress and the Obama administration to revisit and reform key provisions of the PATRIOT Act through a full and open debate. Afterward, Rep. Harman sat down with ThinkProgress to discuss other issues relating to U.S. national security, such as the war in Afghanistan. Harman recently made news when she told an audience at the Brookings Institution that any further troop increases in Afghanistan “wouldn’t be well received” on Capitol Hill. Asked if she could elaborate on this, Rep. Harman said “I have been focused on ...

Harman: ‘I am not one who is enthusiastic’ about sending more U.S. troops to Afghanistan.
Think Progress — Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) recently made news when she told an audience at the Brookings Institution that any further troop increases in Afghanistan “wouldn’t be well received” on Capitol Hill. During an interview with Harman earlier today, ThinkProgress asked her to elaborate on her views: I have been focused on this issue, and I am not one who is enthusiastic about adding U.S. troops. I don’t think that is going to fix the problem. I think what’s going to fix the problem is a massive effort by us, when we have leverage, which is right now, to fix the corruption problem in the ...

Today in Afghanistan News
Matthew Yglesias — Tom Friedman says we need a lighter footprint in Afghanistan, offering some arguments I disagree with, but an observation about costs and benefits that I endorse: “China, Russia and Al Qaeda all love the idea of America doing a long, slow bleed in Afghanistan. I don’t.” Meanwhile, as I’ve observed before, Rep Jane Harman (D-CA) is normally a very hawkish Democrat but seems quite skeptical about Afghanistan. She elaborated on her view yesterday talking with Matt Duss: Stan Collender also did a nice piece on why Fred Hiatt is out of his mind ...

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