Gen. Colin Powell - Should We Bring Back the Draft?
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1452 Former Secretary of State Colin Powell gives his thoughts on reinstating a military draft. ----- Jim Lehrer interviews General Colin Powell at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival. Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers and other le... Read more
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- -: Gen. Colin Powell - Should We Bring Back the Draft?
September 27, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1452 Former Secretary of State Colin Powell gives his thoughts on reinstating a military draft. ----- Jim Lehrer interviews General Colin Powell at the 2007 Aspen Ideas Festival. Some of the most inspired and provocative thinkers, writer...
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- -: The Taliban's Resurgence in Afghanistan
January 15, 2008 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2007/12/14/A_Discussion_on_Pakistan_and_Afghanistan Afghanistan experts Ahmed Rashid and Barnett Rubin discuss the increasing resurgence of Taliban activity in that country and Pakistan. ----- The Asia Society's Nermeen Shaikh interviews Barnett Rubin and Ahme...
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- -: Should the US Institute a Universal Draft?
September 9, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/03/Why_Change_the_Military A Panel of military and public policy experts argues against a universal draft to replace the current all-volunteer military. This program was recorded in collaboration with the Aspen Institute's Aspen Ideas Festival 2008. ---...
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- -: Getting Out of Iraq - Peter Galbraith
December 2, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/06/Peter_W_Galbraith_From_Turkey_to_Iran Ambassador Peter W. Galbraith offers solutions to minimize damage during a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq. ----- A leading authority on Iraq, Ambassador Peter Galbraith joins the Council for a discussion on the unint...
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- -: Remembering a Fallen Soldier in Afghanistan - Craig Mullaney
March 19, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/09/The_Unforgiving_Minute_A_Soldiers_Education West Point graduate and US Army veteran Craig Mullaney discusses when his platoon was ambushed in Afghanistan and the emotional consequences of losing a soldier during combat. "When you're doing causality ev...
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- -: Countering Afghanistan's Downward Spiral - Gen. David Petraeus
March 26, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/13/General_David_Petraeus_Update_on_the_Middle_East General David Petraeus says Afghanistan "spiraled downward" as the insurgency "expanded its strength and influence." Petraeus outlines a counterinsurgency plan to stabilize Afghanistan, which includes t...
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- -: The Right Approach to Afghanistan? - Gen. Barry McCaffrey
March 26, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/03/10/Military_Power_Does_it_Work Retired four-star General Barry McCaffrey discusses U.S. military strategy in Afghanistan. "Don't go fight and win a counterinsurgency campaign in Afghanistan - you're in the wrong war," he says. "Afghanistan could be bigge...
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- -: Ted Turner Fears 'Suicidal Destruction' from Nukes
April 16, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/04/07/Ted_Turner_Looks_at_the_World Ted Turner passionately calls for complete nuclear disarmament. He argues that the United States must stop demanding that other countries discontinue nuclear pursuits, while it sits on armed warheads at hair trigger alert...
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- -: The Future of Battlefield Communication
August 24, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/02/19/Ralph_Osterhout_Invention_Is_the_Mother_of_Creativity Serial inventor Ralph Osterhout discusses his innovative solution for rapidly communicating information across the battlefield using an ad hoc, self-healing mesh network. He also relays his astonis...
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- -: Obama's Plan for Nuclear Disarmament - Joseph Cirincione
September 28, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/09/CONFLICT_Joseph_Cirincione_on_US_Nuclear_Policy Joseph Cirincione explains President Obama's proposal to eliminate the world's arsenal of nuclear weapons. "He Obama believes to his bones that the only way to secure America from the threats of nuclear ...
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