Recent DOD Blogger’s Roundtables
3 April 2008
U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Daniel M. Swanson on a joint effort between the Coalition Army Advisory Training Team and the Iraqi Defense Ministry completing the Iraqi prime minister’s objective for force generation by the end of the year. Transcript. Story.
U.S. Army Brigadier General Gregory J. Zanetti, Deputy Commander, Joint Task Force Guantanamo, on the joint task force focusing on providing “safe, humane care and custody” of detained enemy combatants awaiting trial. Transcript. Story.
2 April 2008
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Robert H. Holmes, Deputy Director of Operations, U.S. Central Command, on CENTCOM’s continuing focus on fighting terrorism in its area of responsibility, with southern Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan as the main priorities. Transcript. Story.
31 March 2008
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann, Legal Adviser to the Convening Authority in the Department of Defense Office of Military Commissions, on Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani being charged with murder in violation of the law of war, murder of protected persons, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, destruction of property in violation of the law of war, and terrorism. Transcript. Story. Video.