jodi vittori: sure.case of afghanistan, reports this morning that president trump is deeply troubled -- he acknowledges that the united states is not winning in afghanistan. he does not like the strategy his generals have given him from his national security staff, and for some reason he has leaned toward this vague plan put forward by the head of the private security company -- stephen feinberg, a major campaign could jupiter to the trump campaign -- that somehow the united states would come in, -- they would send you in private security forces that would somehow help control these mining areas, including areas with the mineral lithium in it, which is important for cell phone batteries and so forth -- somehow extract that, security so other countries -- companies could extract that. it is unclear how they would take that money and repay thefor investigation of afghanistan. troubling on a conflict of interest level, ethics level, human rights, social level, and frankie, it is complete and practical as we

and jodi vittori, senior policy advisor for global witness on afghanistan policy. spent 20 years in the u.s. military, where she served in several countries, including afghanistan. she has received numerous military awards, including two bronze stars. to see part one of our conversation -- actually, our extended conversation with these two women, you can go to democracynow.org. if you want to sign up for our daily digest, our dadaily headlines and news alerts every day, you can text the word "democracynow" to 66866. that does it for our broadcast. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. e-mail your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693 new york, new york 10013. [captioning made possible by democracy now!] happy birthday to julie crosby. it's a big one. happy bibirthday. reyes: a pesticide sprayed on plantations in nicaragua for decades continues to cause controversy and alleged illness. did it poison people? i'm elaine reyes in washington, dc, and this is "americas now." fi