Dexter Filkins Says the Surge Has Been Successfulbr World Affairs Council: Nor Cal - World Affairs Council of Northern Californiabr War correspondents often provide us with greater insight into the complex experiences behind the headlines of the daily news.Reporting from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and New York during 911, Dexter Filkins works on the ground to interview soldiers, insurgents, suicide bombers and civilian victims of conflict and gives us unique access to situations such as street-to-street combat and wartorn homes and villages.