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Recent deadly attacks on U-S troops in Afghanistan ratchet up pressure on President Obama. The ongoing debate among military strategists and the Administration over what to do about Afghanistan.
Paul Pillar, is a visiting professor at Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C. and a former CIA National Intelligence officer.
Peter Spiegel, senior national security correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Counselor and Trustee at the Center for Strategic & International Studies and Professor of American Foreign Policy at the Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University. He served as National Security Advisor to President Carter from 1977 to 1981. His most recent book, 'America and the World,' was co-authored with Brent Scowcroft.
Ret. General James Dubik, Lt. General James Dubik, former commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq. He is a senior fellow at the Institute for the Study of War and a former advisor to General McChrystal.
Postmaster General Jack Potter on the opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. Postal Service in the twenty-first century.
John (Jack) Potter, U.S. Postmaster General