Reassessing Afghanistan

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As President Obama weighs his options on the war in Afghanistan, public support for his policies there is on the decline. What can a troop surge accomplish? How will politics in Afghanistan -- and in Washington – affect what the United States does? Does Obama face a new Vietnam in the making? Also, Iran's "preventative and defensive operations." On Reporter's Notebook will Roman Polanski be extradited to the US on a 32-year-old statutory rape charge? Sara Terry guest hosts.

As President Obama weighs his options on the war in Afghanistan, public support for his policies there is on the decline. What can a troop surge accomplish? How will politics in Afghanistan -- and in Washington – affect what the United States does? Does Obama face a new Vietnam in the making? Also, Iran test fires another missile in what it calls "preventative and defensive operations." On Reporter's Notebook, more than 30 years after he fled the United States, director Roman Polanski has been arrested in Zurich on statutory rape charges dating back to 1977. Sara Terry guest hosts.

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Credits

Host:

Sara Terry

Producers:

Karen Radziner, Frances Anderton