Small Wars Journal

CBS News Afghanistan Sunday

Sun, 08/22/2010 - 3:50pm

General David Petraeus gave CBS News' Katie Couric his evaluation of Afghan President Hamid Karzai in an interview broadcast last week.

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) spoke with Bob Schieffer on the progress being made after the troop surge in Afghanistan and gave his personal outlook on the country's status after the July 2011 withdrawal date.

Bob Schieffer comments on Melvin Laird, the long ago Secretary of Defense who's worried about the all-volunteer army he created and where we are in Afghanistan.

Greg Mortenson, author of "Three Cups of Tea," has built 150 schools in Afghanistan putting thousands of Afghan children in school, most of them girls. Bob Schieffer spoke with him on that and his role as a U.S. military advisor.