Rand Beers

Informal advisor to Barack Obama

Guest

President of the National Security Network; former Senior Director for Combating Terrorism under President Bush (2002-2003); informal advisor to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign

Rand Beers on KCRW

Opium from Afghanistan is responsible for 90% of the world's heroin. It's the cash crop that's enabling resurgence of the fundamentalist Taliban.

Afghanistan's Poppy Quagmire

Opium from Afghanistan is responsible for 90% of the world's heroin. It's the cash crop that's enabling resurgence of the fundamentalist Taliban.

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Barack Obama is on a foreign tour trying to demonstrate he's ready to be the US Commander in Chief.

John McCain as Commander in Chief

Barack Obama is on a foreign tour trying to demonstrate he's ready to be the US Commander in Chief.

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