LAT’s Rosa Brooks to Advise Pentagon Undersecretary


	LAT’s Rosa Brooks to Advise Pentagon Undersecretary

merrie

4-14-2009 8:10 PM

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rosa brooks' la times columnist, advise undersecretary of defense, fmr. advisor to harold koh, bill clinton administration

merrie says:

'Finish the job' in Afghanistan? Where do we begin?

Obama faces a complex, perilous situation in which it's no longer clear what the 'job' is, or what it will take to 'finish' it.

Rosa Brooks
February 5, 2009

Is it finally time to "finish the job" in Afghanistan?

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