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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which former Clinton lobbyist was hired by Pervz Musharraf to assure the White House his outlook was liberal?

2. By when had bin Laden moved his operations to the south to Kandahar?

3. Massoud had gained strength in new arms deals and felt that the Taliban had weakened as he rebuilt what?

4. Prince Turki advised whom to ensure the Taliban understood bin Laden must be expelled to keep good relations?

5. One report received was a plot against Massoud that involved an assassin dispatched to place what in his shoes?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Unocal introduced?

2. What plan was agreed to between Pakistani intelligence director Naseem Rana and CIA station chief Schroen regarding the capture of Mir Amal Kasi?

3. What position did U.S. government Afghan specialist Zalmay Khalilzad take shortly following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban?

4. How was Clinton's visit to Pakistan among the strangest that presidential history has to offer?

5. How had the U.S. intelligence arms switched their focus by 1998?

6. What took place in the Oval Office meeting on 2 December 1998 in the early afternoon?

7. How did the American ambassador to Pakistan in 1996 believe that nation would evolve?

8. How did the Taliban take their final major prize taken in northern Afghanistan?

9. What was the view of CIA staff members regarding Cofer Black's enthusiastic view for armed Predator drones?

10. What role had Tom Pickering assumed under Clinton?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the cable draft that Timothy Carney found when he arrived in Khartoum, Sudan, in November 1996 that appalled him? What was ensured? What was the final outcome of that matter?

Essay Topic 2

What was the new secret two-track policy Peter Tomsen finalized toward the Afghan war subsequent to the Soviet troop withdrawal?

Essay Topic 3

What was the Hekmatyar-Tanai coup attempt? Does the evidence indicate bin Laden's involvement was as a semi-official Saudi intelligence liaison or an independent?

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