Obama's War PBS Premiere October 13th


	Obama's War PBS Premiere October 13th

merrie

10-8-2009 1:47 AM

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echo company 8th marines, helmand province afghanistan, gen petraeus, andrew exum, lt. col john nagl (ret.), gen. stanley mcchrystal

merrie says:

As the debate in Washington intensifies, FRONTLINE reports the high stakes on the ground in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Martin Smith (The War Briefing) embeds with the Marines of Echo Company for an up-close look at Obama's counterinsurgency strategy.

Obama's War airs Tues, Oct 13 on PBS.

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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/obamaswar/?utm_campaign=ObamasWar&utm_medium=BlogAds&utm_source=Image

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