By — Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/shields-and-brooks-on-steeles-afghan-war-comments-world-cup-fervor Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Shields and Brooks on Steele’s Afghan War Comments, World Cup Fervor Politics Jul 2, 2010 8:53 PM EDT You might remember we gave Mark Shields a hall pass to come in late a few weeks ago. On Friday, we decided to leave a chair open for David Brooks who was zooming in from an undisclosed location. RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s comments that the war in Afghanistan was one of President Obama’s choosing dominated our conversation, but we managed to discuss the nail-biting shootout that ousted Ghana from the World Cup. Enjoy: We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan Hari Sreenivasan joined the PBS NewsHour in 2009. He is the Anchor of PBS NewsHour Weekend and a Senior Correspondent for the nightly program. @hari
You might remember we gave Mark Shields a hall pass to come in late a few weeks ago. On Friday, we decided to leave a chair open for David Brooks who was zooming in from an undisclosed location. RNC Chairman Michael Steele’s comments that the war in Afghanistan was one of President Obama’s choosing dominated our conversation, but we managed to discuss the nail-biting shootout that ousted Ghana from the World Cup. Enjoy: We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now