Sunday, June 27, 2010

CIA Director Panetta: Afghan Progress Slow. Iran Sanctions Will Not Work

EXCLUSIVE CIA Director Leon Panetta in His First Network News Interview

CIA Director Panetta: Afghanistan Progress 'Slower' Than Anticipated -- ABC News

In an EXCLUSIVE interview on “This Week,” CIA Director Leon Panetta said that making progress in Afghanistan is both “harder” and going more slowly than anticipated.

“There are some serious problems” in Afghanistan, Panetta said. “We’re dealing with tribal societies. We’re dealing with a country that has problems with governance, problems with corruption, problems with narcotics trafficking, problems with a Taliban insurgency,” he said.

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