The War Briefing (2008)
The next president of the United States will inherit some of the greatest foreign policy challenges in American history — an overstretched military, frayed alliances, and wars on two fronts. FRONTLINE gives viewers a hard, inside look at the real policy choices the next president will face. The report features strategists and diplomats giving their best advice about how to correct past failures and how to shape a realistic foreign policy approach in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Directors: Martin Smith, Marcela Gaviria.
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Will Lyman as Narrator |
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Martin Smith as Self |
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Kenneth Alexander as Self |
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Richard Lee Armitage as Self |
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Benazir Bhutto as Self |
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Dexter Filkins as Self |
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Husain Haqqani as Self |
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Tim Hetherington as Self |
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Rob Kaplan as Self |
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Jack Keane as Self |
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Hayat Ullah Khan as Self |
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Hayat Ullah Khan as Self |
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Nek Mohammed as Self |
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Pervez Musharraf as Self |
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Vali Nasr as Self |
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Asif Ali Zardari as Self |
| Directing | Martin Smith | Director |
| Directing | Marcela Gaviria | Director |
| Writing | Martin Smith | Writer |
| Writing | Marcela Gaviria | Writer |
| Production | Marcela Gaviria | Producer |