Brookings experts Bruce Riedel and Michael O’Hanlon voice concern over the still-not-decided Afghanistan elections, where a battered citizenry needs a signal that democracy can succeed; and longtime budget watcher Alice Rivlin warns of the economic disruption that climbing domestic debt and deficit may cause, all this week @ Brookings.
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Podcast@ Brookings Podcast: Elections in Afghanistan; Budget Deficit
August 28, 2009