Reply #10: Good post in the Wash. Independent:

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http://washingtonindependent.com/59411/crucial-senate-hearing-on-afghanistan-scheduled-for-tomorrow

Crucial Senate Hearing on Afghanistan Scheduled for Tomorrow

By Spencer Ackerman 9/15/09 6:51 PM

As I reported today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ thoughts on the proper U.S. force posture in Afghanistan “is a work in progress,” according to Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell. If there’s a Senate hearing that stands a chance of tipping the undecided — or even changing minds — it’s tomorrow’s Foreign Relations Committee hearing.

The witness list at Senate hearings often tends to the mushy center or the ignorantly dogmatic, instead of analysts capable of proceeding from firm principles, tracing an argument’s logic and dealing with its uncomfortable implications. Not so tomorrow. Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the committee’s chairman, is calling John Nagl, the president of the Center for a New American Security; Steve Biddle, the Brookings military expert; and Rory Stewart, the head of Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy.

Expect a heavy hearing. ...

More at the link.