dr. kori schake joins us as well, from hoover, has taught at west point, hopkins school of advanced international studies, and the university of maryland school and public policy where she and i both got our ph.d.s. during the bush administration she was at the department of state in the office of policy planning and also at the national security council where she advised on defense issues and including coordination and working with our allies in afghanistan and iraq. and finally, all the way to my left we have ambassador neumann, former ambassador to algeria, bahrain and afghanistan, spent a good deal of time in baghdad advising on political affairs and any other number of issues. he was once a deputy assistant secretary in the state department, is a published author and very well known expert on all things having to do with the subjects we're talking about today. so i thank all of you for being here. it's very easy to be pessimistic about the situation in afghanistan, the transition in afghanistan, and the u.s. relationship with afghanistan. clearly in both countries there are problems with cor

dr. kori schake is joined as a well.e is currently at hoover and formerly taught at west point hopkins school of international studies and the university of maryland school of public policy where she and i both got our ph.d.. during the bush administration she was at the department of state and the office of policy planning and also the national security council, where she advised on defense issues including entry coordination and working with our allies in afghanistan and iraq. and finally, all the way to my left we have ambassador neumann former ambassador to algeria, bahrain and afghanistan and spent a good deal of time in baghdad, advising on political affairs and a number of other issues. he was once the deputy assistant secretary of news affairs in the state department and is a published author and very well-known expert on all things having to do with the subject of talking about today. i thank all of you for being here. it's very easy to be pessimistic about the situation in afghanistan and the transition in afgh