The summit ends with a plan to bring the U.S. and its NATO allies out of Afghanistan for the good of both countries, and for what Afghanistan needs to do to make that happen. But Pakistan and its supply routes present a challenge not only to the logistics of withdrawal, but the long-term stability of the region.
The president fields a question on the Newark mayor and campaign surrogate’s suggestion that attacks on private equity are “nauseating”: “when you’re President, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm, then your job is not simply to maximize profits.”
Answering the question that’s on the mind of Chicago commuters and office workers: What do all these people in the streets want, and when do they want it?
The UN secretary general discusses buying unarmed drones for Smart Defense, NATO’s stance on Syria, the new European missile defense system, and funding the Afghan security forces in a time of austerity.
AndersFogh Rasmussen talks “security in the age of austerity” and his confidence that Francois Hollande’s desire to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan won’t be a problem; Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai talk Afghanistan 2014-2024.
A rally for the “NATO 3” turns into an impromptu march, leading protesters and police on a day-long, miles-long journey through the Loop, South Loop, and West Loop, resulting in six arrests and a protester being struck by a CPD van.
Video shows how the NATO banner on Michigan was torn down as the protest march briefly made it up Michigan Avenue; a protester talks to Chicago Tonight about detention and the police
The police chief refuses several questions about the long investigation that ended in a pre-emptive raid, but discusses facilitating unplanned street protests and why the CPD has bar codes on their arms.
Lots to come at the NATO summit, but not a lot to look forward to: will France or the U.S. pull out early? Can the NATO nations coordinate budgets around Smart Defense? And what’s “Afghan good enough”?
After the National Nurses United rally at Daley Plaza ended, a smaller group of protesters moved north to Michigan Avenue… then back south, leading cops in a slow cat-and-mouse game.
