Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Riedel he kaitohutohu kaupapa here ki te
Ko te pakanga perehitini a Barack Obama i te tau 2008. I te Hui-tanguru 2009, i tohua ia e Obama hei tumuaki mo te komiti arotake o te Whare Maama i hangaia hei whakarereke i te kaupapa here a te US mo Afghanistan me Pakistan.