U.S. Involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan

 

Daniel Serwer, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Professor, discussed the conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. Topics included the replacement for a recently killed Taliban leader in Afghanistan, the Iraqi military’s efforts to retake Fallujah from the ISIL*, and the future of U.S. involvement in the region. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications, including a telephone line reserved for active and retired military.

The program concluded with a video clip of Chief of Naval Operations John Richardson being interviewed May 26, 2016, for “Newsmakers.”

*The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS or DAISH/DAESH in Arabic), is a militant group that has called itself the Islamic State. 

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Source: C-SPAN