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Afghanistan's Run-off Election
When Afghanistan's presidential election was under way, Peter Galbraith complained that the UN mission refused to release evidence of fraud. That cost him his job as special representative of the Secretary General. But the evidence turned out to be so strong that President Hamid Karzai agreed to a runoff .
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readWhen Afghanistan's presidential election was under way, Peter Galbraith complained that the UN mission refused to release evidence of fraud. That cost him his job as special representative of the Secretary General. But the evidence turned out to be so strong that President Hamid Karzai agreed to a runoff. Today, that same UN mission announced that more than half of the country's senior election officials will be fired. Will that guarantee free and fair voting? Will there be protection against the Taliban for those brave enough to go back to the polls? Will the outcome earn the public support that's needed for General Stanley McChrystal's strategy of counter-insurgency? With Barack Obama on the verge of decisions that could define his presidency, what lessons can be learned from America's history in Vietnam?
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Christian Bordal
Managing Producer, Greater LA
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Peter Galbraith
gubernatorial candidate and former diplomat
Rajiv Chandrasekaran
managing director at the Schultz Family Foundation
Gordon Goldstein
author, 'Lessons in Disaster'
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1 of 2Afghanistan's Run-off Election and Women in America's Workplace- 0:00Afghanistan's Run-off ElectionYou’re reading this
- 28:49The Changing Lives of Women (and Everybody Else)