Sen. Lugar Calls Karzai "A Survivor"

Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) speaks at the Council on Foreign Affairs about America’s relationship with Afghanistan’s President Hamid Karzai. Lugar describes Karazai as a “survivor.” (0:28)

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Lugar: Obama Listening To Opposing Parties On Foreign Policy Issues

Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) tells the Washington Post’s Jim Hoagland that Obama has tried listening to opposing parties on foreign policy matters. (0:36)

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Lugar: Partisanship Has Politicized Important Issues

Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) explains at the Council on Foreign Affairs that partisan interests have made even military issues and decisions seem political, a notion that would have been “unthinkable” years ago. (0:25)

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Senate Gridlock Due To Obama's Agenda, Republican Desire For Unity, Says Lugar

Sen. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) explains during remarks at the Council on Foreign Affairs that the partisan impasse that the Senate often faces is due to President Obama’s agenda and Republicans’ desire to stay united. (0:35)

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'Pants Bomber' Capitalized On Slow Assessment Of Intel Says Expert

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says that a slow assessment of information on Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab is most likely what caused him to slip through security cracks and allegedly attempt to detonate an explosive device aboard a U.S.-bound flight. (:46)
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Obama Security Review Must Focus On How 'Pants Bomber' Slipped Through Cracks

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations explains the type of security list alleged Christmas Day airline bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab was most likely on, and why he was able to board a U.S.-bound flight undetected. (:56)
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No One Should Lose Their Job Over Failed Terror Attack Says Expert

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says that firing government officials would be the wrong way to respond to the failed terror attack on Christmas Day. (:53)
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Obama Rightfully Unhappy With DHS Reponse To Christmas Bomb Plot

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says the response President Barack Obama got from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano that the nation's security system did not fail following an attempted terrorist attack aboard a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day was not the response he was looking for. (:38)
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There Is No Silver Technological Bullet To Solving Airline Terror

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says that the U.S. must accept that it will need to do several things to prevent future terrorists attacks aboard airplanes from occurring. (:25)
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More Sophisticated Targeting Measures Will Work To Prevent Future Airline Attacks

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says new efforts by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use more sophisticated means of targeting air travelers represent more effective methods of weeding out potential terrorists. (:50)
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Profiling Airline Passengers Won't Work Says Expert

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says he doesn't believe that intense profiling of air travelers will work to prevent future terrorist attacks from being carried out aboard U.S.-bound flights. (:22)
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Full Body Scanners Raise Issues, But Should Be Considered

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says that forcing airline passengers to go through full body security scanners before they board might raise issues related to privacy and cost. However, says Alden, they very well could be effective at preventing future terror attacks on airplanes. (:30)
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New DHS Screening Measures Would Not Have Prevented 'Pants Bomber'

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says that new measures just put in place by the Department of Homeland Security to require strict screening for air travelers from certain nations abroad would not have stopped Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian man who allegedly tried to detonate an explosive device aboard an airplane headed for Detroit on Christmas Day, from boarding his flight. (:28)
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Failure Of Targeting System Led To Christmas Day Bomb Plot

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says a failure by the airport security officials to use available information to properly screen alleged terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab is what led to a potentially devastating incident on Christmas Day. Alden says rather than targeting travelers of certain ethnicities and who may be from certain countries, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) should just focus on strengthening the nation's current screening system. (:37)
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Tighter Airport Screening Not The Answer Says Expert

Ted Alden with the Council on Foreign Relations says the decision by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to require more thorough screening at airports in light of an attempted terrorist attack on Christmas Day is a bad one that will end up doing more harm than good. (:08)
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Afghan economy too weak to maintain security force

Stephen Biddle, Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) senior fellow of defense policy, believes that Afghanistan's economy is too weak to create and maintain a security force large enough to protect the country (0:36).

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