Paul Pillar,a former senior CIA intelligence officer now with Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, favors a shift away from direct combat operations to a concentration on training Afghanistan's army and police, and economic development.

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You know, I seriously, I almost went to the Georgetown School of Foreign Service.

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Mr. Gaffney holds a Master of Arts degree in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.

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Corsell, a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, took a job as a political analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency after college and subsequently spent time in Cuba working for the State Department.

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