Charlie Wilson at Northern Virginia Community College
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It’s not Tom Hanks, but Rep. Jim Moran did bring some star power to a town hall meeting in his district. the event was held at the Northern Virginia Community College at 3001 N. Beauregard Street.
The Virginia Democrat has invited former congressman Charlie Wilson, the subject of the book and feature film “Charlie Wilson’s War,” spoke at the Sept. 24 event. The town hall focused on U.S. foreign policy in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East.
Wilson’s presence indicates the spotlight will be on Afghanistan and Pakistan, which Democrats have long said should be the focus of the United States’ war on terror, rather than Iraq.
“Charlie’s got an intimate knowledge of matters in Afghanistan and Pakistan from his work as a congressman,” said Moran spokesman Austin Durrer. “When we were attacked on 9/11, it wasn’t any forces from Iraq.”
The film and book detail Wilson’s campaign to direct hundreds of millions of dollars covertly to help the mujahedeen defeat the Soviet Army in Afghanistan. But it also describes Wilson’s life as “Good-Time Charlie,” who was better known for his exploits at parties and in the bedroom than for his prowess as a legislator. The movie touches on allegations he used cocaine, and in the opening scene, he’s cavorting with naked strippers in a Las Vegas hot tub.
And from a foreign policy standpoint, some of the mujahedeen turned their sights on the United States after the Soviet Union fled.
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