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Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost: Counterinsurgency from Vietnam to Iraq and Afghanistan

04 March - 05 March 2010
SAIS Kenney Auditorium - Washington, District of Columbia

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Thursday, March 4th

Video

[Kenney Auditorium]
9:00 AM-9:30 AM : Welcoming Remarks

Moderator: Mr. William Wise, Associate Practitioner-in-Residence and Associate Director, Southeast Asia Studies, SAIS


  • Dr. Steve Maxner , Director, Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University

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[Kenney Auditorium]
10:00 AM-12:15 PM Session 1: Developing a Strategic Policy for Civil-Military Operations (CMO) in Vietnam

Moderator: Dr. Marc Gilbert, Hawaii Pacific University


  • Mr. Rufus Philips , Author


  • Dr. Ed Miller , Dartmouth College


  • Dr. Richard Hunt , Historian's Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense


  • Mr. Francis J. "Bing" West , Journalist

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[Kenney Auditorium]
1:15 PM-2:45 PM Session 2: From Strategy to Tactics: CMO Operations in Vietnam

Moderator: Dr. James Willbanks, US Army Command and General Staff College


  • Dr. Andy Finlayson , Independent Researcher


  • Dr. Jeffrey Race , Author


  • Mr. Thomas Ahern , Consultant to Center for the Study of Intelligence

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[Kenney Auditorium]
3:00 PM-4:30 PM Session 3: Assessing the Vietnam Experience

Moderator: Dr. Ron Milam, Texas Tech University


  • Dr. John Prados , George Washington University


  • Dr. Larry Berman , University of California, Davis


  • Mr. Francis J. "Bing" West , Journalist


  • Dr. Jeffrey Race , Author


  • Mr. Rufus Phillips , Author

Friday, March 5th

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[Kenney Auditorium]
9:00 AM-10:30 AM Session 4: Counterinsurgency Operations in Iraq

Moderator: Dr. Patrick Cronin, Center for A New American Security


  • Ms. Linda Robinson , Author and Consultant


  • Mr. Tom Ricks , Center for A New American Security


  • Mr. Andrew Exum , Center for A New American Security

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[Kenney Auditorium]
11:00 AM-12:30 PM Session 5: Counterinsurgency Operations in Afghanistan

Moderator: Dr. Colin Jackson, Naval War College


  • Dr. Giles Dorronsoro , Carnegie Endowment for International Peace


  • Dr. Gerald Meyerle , CNA (Strategic Studies)


  • Hon. Ronald E. Neumann , US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2005-2007


  • Col (Ret.) John K. Wood , Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NDU)

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[Kenney Auditorium]
12:45 PM-3:00 PM Session 6: Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost

Moderator: Dr. Tom Keaney, SAIS


  • Dr. Gordon Adams , American University


  • Dr. Mark Moyar , Marine Corps University


  • Dr. Austin Long , Columbia University/SIPA