June 19th, 2011
Gates: U.S. in direct talks with Taliban
In an interview that aired today on CNN’s State of the Union with Candy Crowley, outgoing Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. role in Libya, the threat of al Qaeda and more.
Links to the CNN Political Ticker, embeddable video on CNN.com and a transcript are after the jump.
CNN POLITICAL TICKER:
Secretary Gates: U.S. ENAGAGED IN ‘PRELIMINARY’ PEACE TALKS WITH THE TALIBAN
Secretary Gates looks ahead in Iraq
Gates grapples with ‘wars of choice’
EMBEDDABLE VIDEO:
U.S. in direct talks with Taliban
Robert Gates: the endgame in Afghanistan
Gates: ‘I think Gadhafi will… fall’
Robert Gates on defense spending
A full transcript of the interview can be found here.