Hamid Karzai - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Hamid Karzai Index / People Transcripts Chuck Hagel ...but I was reminded that Obama met with [Hamid] Karzai in January when the hearings—I believ... ...spoken with him personally before—was Hamid Karzai . Oh yes, I had met him a number o... ...do that. We didn't do that. And so Karzai was hard to deal with. He was alway... ...hard to deal with. He was always about Karzai . I think Kerry found that out, and ... ...of 2008. We were having dinner with Karzai . Karzai all through dinner did nothin... ...We were having dinner with Karzai. Karzai all through dinner did nothing bu... Show more... Mark Lippert ...the bilateral security agreement with [Hamid] Karzai . It eventually gets there later wit... Ryan Crocker ...Two points: reset the relationship with [Hamid] Karzai ; and second, negotiate a broa... ...Well, I had great admiration for Karzai , because I got to Kabul about ten day... ...better kill him.” Well, we struck at Karzai , and didn't. And that was Holbrooke... ...me a great personal note to give to Karzai . What we agreed to is that we woul... ...of a self-inflicted wound there for us. Karzai made it clear he's willing to—he stil... ...need to do it out there, I went to see Karzai immediately and said, “What do yo... ...I said, “Why don't you call him?” Karzai says, “Well, because he hates me. H... ...of the relationship. And I said to Karzai , “Well, nice job, big guy. Just wra... ...goal of the counterinsurgency. That was Karzai 's agenda item number one with this... ...had in Iraq to be sure that President Karzai knew in advance where we were going t... ...foreign relations, ever. But it calmed Karzai down, and it turned into real Afgha... ...indeed, come out to sign the thing with Karzai ; it was his only visit to Afghanistan... ...I certainly heard about that from Karzai later. The public bit of it wen... ...We talked about building trust with Karzai , and the Afghan people also kind o... ...I guess I was a little bit surprised by Karzai 's reaction when we went to brief him... ...that, frankly, I had expected. Again, Karzai may have been right. Have mas... ...to skate through it, which I think Karzai saw from the beginning. An... ...Hekmatyar's son and son-in-law at Karzai 's request. You know, if you know hi... Show more... James Jones ...of the United States and President [Hamid] Karzai . President Karzai was convinced tha... ...and President [Hamid] Karzai. President Karzai was convinced that the Obam... ...thing that never got really addressed. Karzai was a charismatic leader, but in m... ...result of the fallout that we had with Karzai and his view that the Obam... ...there are two main things. One is, Karzai should have been handled differently. ... ...respect, and that was a big thing with Karzai ; he wanted to feel like he had respec... ...year, the relationship with President [Hamid] Karzai in Afghanistan was deteriorating, an... ...other people, and convincing President Karzai that the administration itself wa... Show more... Jeremy Bash ...would then become the elements of the [Hamid] Karzai government that ultimately overthre... John Kerry ...personal relationship with President [Hamid] Karzai in Afghanistan at a time when, fo... ...able to engage with them, because Karzai didn't trust him. There had been ... ...country right then and there. If the Karzai election had imploded and the countr... ...why you were able to build trust with Karzai , whereas the administration as a whol... Hillary Clinton ...He really caused a big breach with [Hamid] Karzai , but he was partly doing it to pu... ...but he was partly doing it to put Karzai on notice that he wasn't indispensable... ...he wasn't indispensable, and he should— Karzai is a very complex man, and we wer... ...to replace him, and it infuriated Karzai , but it was part of the plan to try t... ...it was part of the plan to try to get Karzai to understand he had to do more tha... ...as possible. You could never argue with Karzai , or any of the other Afghan officials... Show more... Leon Panetta ...it was a tribal country—even though [Hamid] Karzai was the president, and Karzai coul... ...[Hamid] Karzai was the president, and Karzai could relate to the tribes—it wasn't ... Azizullah Royesh ...2008, 2009—an election that President Karzai was trying to get the support of th... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Agriculture Agriculture go to the Hawaii Hawaii go to the Transition Transition go to the Democrats Democrats go to the Human Rights Human Rights