The Afghan Advocacy Group brought foreign policy advisers for John McCain, Barack Obama, and Mike Huckabee to Washington D.C. on January 25th, 2008 to discuss the candidates' positions on Afghanistan. The event was held at the National Press Club and moderated by Peter Hickman. Mariam Nawabi of the Afghan Advocacy Group spoke, as well as the advisers: Denis McDonough (Barack Obama), Former Arkansas Senator Tim Hutchison (Huckabee); Former National Security Adviser Robert McFarland (McCain).
www.afghanistanadvocacygroup.org
I think all of you folks live in an intellectual straight jacket. All of this talk, all these words, all of this flamboyance, what does it amount to when pit next to the harsh reality of the average Afghan living in Afghanistan? How many of these people roll up their sleeves like our troops do in solving the problems of the Afghan people?
GloballyAware 3 years ago