Warnings dire from leaked report
The leak of the report from General Stanley McChrystal warning of failure in Afghanistan is certain to add fuel to the debate over the future of the US mission there. Anchor Marco Werman discusses the political situation with Richard Fontaine, a former foreign policy adviser to Senator and candidate John McCain. Fontaine is now a senior fellow at the Washington-based Center for a New American Security.
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