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Last week, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan agreed to continue allowing the United States to use their bases for operations in Afghanistan. But Uzbekistan, which borders Afghanistan and was a much more strategic base for refueling and transferring goods, has given the US six months to evacuate their base there. We’ll find out from James R. McDonough, who just finished serving on the BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure) Commission, and Carl Conetta, the co-director of the Project on Defense Alternatives, what these base negotiations mean for US military strategy. And we’ll find out how the Pentagon is rethinking the its global military basing system in a post Cold War world.

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Music:
James R. McDonough: “Heat” performed by Kronos Quartet and “Always Forever Now” performed by Passengers from the motion picture soundtrack, “Heat”