Mark Roth, Darryl Moch, Richard N. Haass

Friday May 22, 2009

A new task force designed to review the National Security Personnel System (NSPS) will be discussed this week on AFGE's "Inside Government" radio show. AFGE General Counsel Mark Roth will explain the new task force and AFGE's reaction to its creation. Roth also will detail the history of NSPS, and why AFGE wants the pay-for-performance system to be eliminated. Darryl Moch, executive director of the Labor Heritage Foundation, will preview the Great Labor Arts Exchange and Conference on Creative Organizing scheduled for June 20 - 23. Moch also will discuss Camp Solidarity for children and youth ages 7 - 14. To find out more about these events, designed to strengthen the labor movement through art and creativity, please visit www.laborheritage.org.

But first, hear from Richard N. Haass, author of "War of Necessity, War of Choice: A Memoir of Two Iraq Wars." Haass, who served in senior positions for President George H.W. Bush and President George W. Bush, will analyze the decisions that lead to both Iraq wars and offer unique insight to the role of a senior government official during a time of war. Haass also will share his dissenting opinion for the second Iraq war, one he calls a "war of choice."