Marjah and the Afghanistan Surge

Joining us from Kabul, Afghanistan, is Rod Nordland, foreign correspondent for The New York Times. He's reported on civilian casualities in the Marjah offensive and on the UN's refusal to participate in the military's reconstruction efforts there.

From Monterey, Calif., we're joined by Kalev Sepp, professor of defense analysis at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and retired Army lieutenant colonel and special forces officer.  From 2007 to January 2009, he served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations Capabilities, helping to oversee global counterterrorism policy.

From Washington we're joined by Peter Bergen, senior fellow at the New America Foundation, where he co-directs the Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative.  He's editor of Foreign Policy magazine's Af-Pak Channel blog and author of "The Osama Bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al Qaeda’s Leader."