About the Program
From the Independent Institute in Washington, DC, a panel discussion on the merits of withdrawing from Iraq and Afghanistan. The panelists - Ivan Eland, Peter Galbraith, and Charles Pena - also talk about what did and did not work in Iraq and President Obama's plans for Afghanistan. Includes audience Q&A.
Ivan Eland
Ivan Eland is a senior fellow and director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at the Independent Institute. He is the author of "Partitioning for Peace: An Exit Strategy for Iraq" and "The Empire Has No Clothes."
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Peter Galbraith
Peter Galbraith, former U.S. ambassador to Croatia, served as U.N. Special Representative to Afghanistan from June 2009 to September 2009. He is the author of "The End of Iraq: How American Incompetence Created a War Without End."
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Charles Pena
Charles Pena, foreign policy advisor for the 2008 Ron Paul Presidential Campaign, is a senior fellow at the Independent Institute. He is the co-author of "Exiting Iraq: Why the U.S. Must End the Military Occupation and Renew the War against Al Qaeda."
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