Peter Galbraith, the highest-ranking American working for the U.N. mission in Afghanistan, is losing his job, allegedly for raising too many concerns about accusations of fraud in the recent Afghan presidential elections. He joins The Takeaway to discuss his side of the story ... and what more he thinks the U.N. could be doing to clean up elections there. (click through for the full interview transcript.)
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