Professor Linda Bilmes of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University speaks with Jay Goodman Tamboli about her new book, The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service and the staffing crisis that faces the American government. Bilmes and co-author W. Scott Gould are calling on a federal investment of $10 billion over the next five years to improve recruiting, training, and management of the federal workforce. (10:33)

 

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Colonel Mohammad Asef, Battalion Commander, Training Khandak, 203rd Corps, Afghan National Army

Colonel Mohammad Asef, Battalion Commander, Training Khandak, 203rd Corps, Afghan National Army, speaking through a translator, describes how he handles his troops, complimenting them and treating them well. (Note: contains one bleeped profanity) (0:39)

 

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Colonel Mohammad Asef, Battalion Commander, Training Khandak, 203rd Corps, Afghan National Army, describes his experiences working with American forces. Speaking through a translator, Asef praises the American military and its help in training Afghan troops. (0:38)

 

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Sec. Geren, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, says that it is a strategic, as well as quality-of-life, issue for troops to have too little time at home in their rotations away from the theater of war. (0:38)

 

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