Synopsis

The gathering included New York Representative Anthony Weiner, comedian Kathy Griffin, author and veterans advocate Paul Rieckhoff, journalist Rajiv Chandrasekaran, and former counter-terrorism advisor Richard Clarke. Their discussion spanned a range of pressing issues: healthcare reform, reflecting on the eighth anniversary of 9/11, strategies for confronting terrorism, the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, considerations of race and criticism leveled at Barack Obama, the role of the m