Home pagePress CenterIn the Media Nathan Freier, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Son of Dutch Defense Chief Killed in Afghanistan."
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Nathan Freier, a senior fellow with the CSIS International Security Program, was quoted by the Associated Press, "Son of Dutch Defense Chief Killed in Afghanistan."
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The son of the Dutch defense chief was killed Friday by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, and the Taliban claimed they deliberately made the young lieutenant a high-profile target.
Lt. Col. Nathan Freier, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, said there is an ongoing debate in the military about putting high-profile soldiers in the field.
Soldiers with well-known parents often come from families with a military tradition, and holding them back can become a point of contention within the family, Freier said.
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