Gen. Stanley McChrystal discusses his relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the possibility for reconciliation with the Taliban, and the future of U.S.-Afghan relations. McChrystal says that he expects the ongoing stabilization process in Marja to take several more months while he believes the effort needs to be largely Afghan-led.
U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague says that the U.K.’s new coalition government is still a great ally of the United States and though there may be cause for dissenting views later on, the two are on the same page regarding current foreign policy issues such as Afghanistan and Iran. NewsHour’s Margaret Warner talks to Hague about the newly formed government and its policies. Having trouble viewing this video? Click here to watch.
NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill talks to John Lipsky, first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, about the $1 trillion aid package meant to stabilize the Greek economy and prevent the debt crisis from spreading. Lipsky says the package was designed in large part to provide Greek authorities with “breathing room” to implement some much needed, albeit unpopular, economic reform. He also said that once ambiguous intra-eurozone relationships are now being much more well defined for the first time in the euro’s existence.
