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Michele Dunne and Amy Hawthorne on US Policy in Middle East (NPR)
Hariri Center Director Michele Dunne and Senior Fellow Amy Hawthorne reflect on US policy toward the Middle East and North Africa in the two years since President Barack Obama promised to make it a top priority to support democracy and human rights in the region.
J. Peter Pham Speaks on Sahel Politics and Security in The Hague
J. Peter Pham, director the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, was one of four experts invited to address a high-level international conference on the crisis in the Sahel region convened today in The Hague.
Rudolph Atallah Testifies before House Panel on Crisis in the Sahel
Rudolph Atallah, senior fellow in the Atlantic Council’s Michael S. Ansari Africa Center, testified at a House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on “The Growing Crisis in Africa’s Sahel Region.”
Mihaela Carstei on the US-Canada Keystone Pipeline Project (CTV)
On the heels of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s visit to the United States, Energy & Environment Program Associate Director Mihaela Carstei joins CTV to discuss the Keystone Pipeline project that would transport tar sands oil from Canada and the northern United States to refineries in the Gulf coast of Texas.
Fighting and Rebuilding in Helmand and Nimruz Provinces Revisited: A Commander's View
April 23, 2012
The commander of International Security Assistance Force, Regional Command Southwest (RC-SW), Major General John A. Toolan Jr., joined the Atlantic Council on April 23 for a conversation moderated by Barry Pavel, director of the Council's Program on International Security.
Last April the Atlantic Council hosted MajGen Richard Mills, then the returning RC-SW commander. One year later his successor MajGen Toolan visited the Council to provide an update on the current operations in that complex area of operation in Afghanistan, as NATO leaders gather next month in Chicago to assess progress and plan next steps in Afghanistan.
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Since taking command in March 2011, MajGen Toolan has led Marines and coalition forces as they support the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) efforts in Afghanistan to provide an environment in which Afghans can foster a stable and prosperous country. Over the last several months, the Marines under his command have transitioned the cities of Marjah and Nawa in Helmand Province to Afghan control, an indication of the progress that has been made. MajGen Toolan has worked closely with Helmand Gov. Gulab Mangal and other Afghan officials to promote greater security and development throughout the province.
Prior to his assignment as the commanding general, II Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward) and RC-SW, Major General Toolan served as the division commander of 2nd Marine Division, as deputy commander US Forces Japan, and principal director for Asia/Pacific Affairs in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. As a colonel, he commanded Regimental Combat Team-1 during Operation Iraqi Freedom I and II.
MEDIA MENTIONS
- Afghan Stability Undermined by Pakistan, General Says - Viola Gienger, Bloomberg
- Top Marine: Some troops will stay in Afghanistan past 2014 - Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner
- Afghan Corruption Threatens 'Everything We've Gained' - Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr., AOL Defense
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