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# Afghanistan Seven Years Later 

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Date and Time 

December 11, 2008 12 - 2 PM EST 

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Auditorium/Wintergarden 

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##### Featuring 

Featuring The Honorable **Said T. Jawad**, Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States; **Akbar Ahmed**, Professor of Islamic Studies at American University; **Caroline Wadhams**, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress; **Ted Galen Carpenter**, Vice President for Defense and Foreign Policy Studies, Cato Institute; Moderated by **Malou Innocent**, Foreign Policy Analyst, Cato Institute; 

Seven years after the invasion of Afghanistan, coalition troops are no closer to winning the war against the Taliban. With security getting worse and a violent insurgency raging in western Pakistan, can the “war on terror’s” central front be won? Will a heavier combat presence, endorsed by President-elect Barack Obama, provide a solution or contribute to the widening problem? Please join us for an in-depth discussion on this critical and turbulent region, and what the next administration can do to save this deteriorating mission.

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