Ambassador Jawad Remarks on Afghanistan Strategy

Dec 4, 2009

Nitze (Paul H.) School of Advanced International Studies

Said Jawad, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States, delivered the keynote address on the way forward in Afghanistan.
Said Jawad, Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States, delivered the keynote address on the way forward in Afghanistan.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:02 Unidentified Speaker ALIVE PICTURE FROM THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES. WE ARE STARTING SHORTLY....
00:00:58 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE WAITING FOR THE AFGHAN AMBASSADOR. HE WILL BE IN THE ROOM IN A FEW MOMENTS. A CHANCE TO LET...
00:02:11 Unidentified Speaker EVERYBODY TAKE YOUR SEATS AND WE WILL GET STARTED. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE I HAVE NOT SEEN IN...
00:06:50 Unidentified Speaker GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU, PANELISTS AND FOR THE KIND INTRODUCTION. IT IS GREAT...
00:36:13 Unidentified Speaker IF HE WAS IN AFGHANISTAN BY NOW, WE WOULD HAVE CERTAINLY FOUND HIM. OUR ARMIES ARE IN 41 COUNTRIES....
00:36:58 Unidentified Speaker ITS C AND PAKISTAN?
00:37:01 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS A VERY GOOD GUESS. -- IS HE IN PAKISTAN?
00:37:07 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THOUGHT THAT WAS INTERESTING. THERE IS A REASONABLE ARGUMENT THAT SUCCESS DEPENDS...
00:42:12 Unidentified Speaker MR. AMBASSADOR, THE 30,000 ADDITIONAL TROOPS WILL DEPLOY AT THE FASTEST PACE POSSIBLE. THEY CAN TARGET...
00:42:37 Unidentified Speaker SO FAR IN THE PAST, WE DID HAVE SOME GLITCHES WITH SUPPLYING TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN HERE AND THERE....
00:43:29 Unidentified Speaker WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES.
00:43:40 Unidentified Speaker AMY KASLOW. I DIRECT THE WORK FORCE ECONOMY INITIATIVE. YOU TALKED ABOUT A LOT OF WAYS TO IMPROVE...
00:44:09 Unidentified Speaker VERY GOOD QUESTION. IN THE NAME OF THE JOINT ECONOMIC CORPORATION IS TO MAKE SURE OVERALL AS A NATION...
00:45:27 Unidentified Speaker STANLEY?
00:45:33 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION CONCERNS IRAN. AFTER 911, ALL THE REPORTS WERE THAT IRAN VERY HELPFUL. IN THE LAST FEW...
00:46:04 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE POLICY IS COMPLICATED. ON ONE HAND, THEY DO NOT WANT TO SEEK THE RETURN OF...
00:47:34 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:47:37 Unidentified Speaker GIVE YOUR NAME.
00:47:42 Unidentified Speaker I AM THE CORRESPONDENT FROM SPAIN. YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF AFGHANISTAN. IT IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE...
00:48:26 Unidentified Speaker PPTHE PASTUNS BEING USED AND RECRUITED. THEY'RE ALL NOT TERRORISTS. THEY ARE THE PRIME VICTIMS OF...
00:50:05 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I AM FROM GANNETT. THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT AN 18-MONTH LIMIT. YOU SAID THREE TO FIVE...
00:51:23 Unidentified Speaker QUESTION FROM BACK THERE.
00:51:28 Unidentified Speaker YES, HI. TERRANCE SMITH. THERE IS A LOT OF RHETORIC AND THE U.S. SIDE ABOUT NOT MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES...
00:52:05 Unidentified Speaker A LOT OF FOCUS HAS BEEN MADE OF THE MILITARY PART OF THE NEW STRATEGY, THE NUMBER OF THE TROUPE, DRAWDOWN,...
00:53:34 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. WE DEFEATED THE TALIBAN FAIRLY QUICKLY AFTER 9/11. WHY DIDN'T THEY STATE...
00:53:48 Unidentified Speaker WE DID NOT DEFEAT THE TALIBAN. WE PUSHED THEM ASIDE. WE PUSHED THEM INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE INTO PAKISTAN....
00:54:42 Unidentified Speaker I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. WE HAVE HEARD AN AWFUL LOT ABOUT WHAT WENT WRONG OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS....
00:55:21 Unidentified Speaker THE REASON IS THAT THE EFFORTS OF THE AFGHAN GOVERNMENT SINCE 2004 WERE NOT TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY THE...
00:56:08 Unidentified Speaker THE PRESIDENT SAID HE WAS WILLING TO TALK. ONE WOULD ASSUMED HE WAS IN THE 10%.
00:56:23 Unidentified Speaker IT IS ONE OF THOSE 10%, BUT THERE IS A SYMBOLIC SIGNIFICANCE. IF YOU START TALKING, THAT MAY CHANGE...
00:58:08 Unidentified Speaker MR. AMBASSADOR, I LISTENED TO AN AUTHOR'S BE CLASSIFIED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION FOR WOMEN...
00:58:33 Unidentified Speaker HE HAS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. EVERY HUMAN BEING. IT IS MUTUAL. TO LISTEN, TO RESPECT, AND TO UNDERSTAND...
00:59:41 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU FOR COMING. YOU COULD CATCH THE AUDIO ON THE SAIS WEBSITE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THANK YOU....
01:00:27 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU. I WOULD LOVE TO GET A COPY OF THAT.
01:00:37 Unidentified Speaker WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY.

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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