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A Q&A with Julianne Smith about CSIS's "Five Years after 9/11"
Julianne Smith, a senior fellow at CSIS and deputy director of its International Security Program, was a co-editor of the CSIS book, Five Years after 9/11: An Assessment of America's War on Terror. Here she discusses the 9/11 assessment in more detail.

Question:
The team has organized accomplishments and challenges into six categories. With regard to challenges, would you say that the six categories are equal in importance or are certain areas more critical than others?
Answer: (mp3, 1:32)

Question: With regard to accomplishments, in which of the six areas has the United States been most successful?
Answer: (mp3, 1:45)

Question: The White House recently released its new strategy against terrorism. If the group of CSIS experts who worked on this project were assigned by the White House to craft this strategy, would the two versions differ?
Answer: (mp3, 1:45)

Question: Did the team highlight any issue that cuts across several or all of this assessment's categories?
Answer: (mp3, 1:46)

Question: What is the next step for this project? Where do you want these recommendations to go?
Answer: (mp3, 1:21)

 

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