Scott Robinson Discusses President’s Big Afghanistan Speech with U.S. News & World Report

On U.S. News & World Report’s Thomas Jefferson Street blog, progressive communications and political strategist Julia Piscatelli got some insight on the President’s Afghanistan speech from an old friend of hers, Scott Robinson. A retired Army Colonel, Scott’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia’s 1st congressional district in 2010.

Robinson:

“I think what we heard in the president’s speech is some hard cold facts about the world we live in. I know it is easy for people on both sides to live in the moment of this and look at it purely through political lenses, but we need to be more measured than that. I think that the president found a balanced approach with his plan. He addressed the Afghanistan government, the military surge and Pakistan.”

The Northumberland County native served as a Senior Military Advisor to the Secretary of Defense before retiring this past summer after serving his country for 25 years.

In her blog post, Piscatelli concludes:

Just as I always felt better knowing that people of his caliber were in the Pentagon and other posts around the globe before and after 9-11, I also feel better knowing that as a citizen, he said he will be watching very closely.