All-Hands Afghanstan/Pakistan Meeting at the White House Today
Whatever’s happening with the Baradar capture, President Obama convenes his national security team today for what I think is the first all-hands meeting on
Jul 31, 2020600.8K Shares9.2M Views
Whatever’s happening with the Baradar capture, President Obama convenes his national security team today for what I think is the first all-hands meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan since the December West Point speech. The (very long) guest list:
“„The Vice President
“„Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
“„Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
“„Ambassador Susan Rice, Permanent U.S. Representative to the United Nations
“„Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg
“„Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (via videoconference)
“„Karl Eikenberry, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan (via videoconference)
“„Anne Patterson, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan (via videoconference)
“„Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy
“„Admiral Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
“„General James E. Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
“„General David Petraeus, U.S. Central Command
“„General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Commander in Afghanistan (via videoconference)
Lieutenant General Dave Rodriguez (via videoconference)
“„Lietenant General William Caldwell (via videoconference)
“„Vice Admiral Michael LaFever (via videoconference)
“„Admiral Dennis Blair, Director of National Intelligence
“„CIA Director Leon Panetta
“„Deputy Secretary of Treasury Neal Wolin
“„General James Jones, National Security Advisor
“„Tom Donilon, Deputy National Security Advisor
“„John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security
“„Lieutenant General Douglas Lute, Special Assistant to the President for Afghanistan and Pakistan
“„Robert Nabors, OMB Deputy Director
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