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DeM Banter: So is this a leadership issue? A lack of vision? Leaders that are all about their personal power and not about the greater good of their people? Or is that just too simplistic? But... I am a simple man.... New York Times June 30, 2013 Pg. SR11 THE former C.I.A. analyst Paul …
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DeM Banter: Big Dr Nye fan...but does this sound like wishful thinking and rationalization to anyone else? There is one statement below that all of this hinges on: "....if our leaders follow smart strategies." Do we even have a strategy...dumb or smart? Therein lies both the question... and the answer... Washingtonpost.com June 28, …
DeM Banter: BPC or BP... or Partnership Strategy... call it what you will--there is value if it is done correctly and part of a larger strategy. Where is the larger strategy? It is expensive as well... and requires Whole of Government or Interagency Planning...my work and knowledge is dated, but trying to get anything interagency …
DeM Banter: Perhaps true... albeit a stretch...but the real question is why? Why is..."the Cold War is back: [and] We are once again dealing with a Russian government that sees the world ideologically, in black and white. What's bad for us is good for them, and vice versa." Thoughts? Washington Post June 27, 2013 Pg. …
DeM Banter... anybody else see a movie here.... or a drone strike? June 25, 2013 Pg. 14 How his punishment should be calculated By Editorial Edward Snowden is doing his best to avoid falling into the hands of U.S. law enforcement, and he's not pretending he did nothing illegal. He has admitted disclosing classified secrets …
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DeM Banter: AMEN! You just have to love Gen Deptula...straight to the point... we have been talking this for a good while at the m100Group...how do we set up a no fly zone when we have 30% of our combat fleet grounded...and still have combat forces in the AOR... it seems there is little connectivity …
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DeM Banter: I was fortunate to have lunch with Richard Haas while at Stanford--amazing man. Agree with 99.72% of the comments below, but...what is stellar...this is the beginning of an American National Security Strategy. I know that Quantum Look is just a bent DeMarco Plan...but if one were to parse that against what Haas is …
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If Harvard's Joseph L. Badaracco, Jr., can offer a course in Leadership in Literature to the school’s MBA students--I propose there is value in the concept of leadership through theme songs. In recent years, Badaracco has also led discussions about serious literary fiction with executives at Harvard's Business School. Badaracco uses literature to provide his students with …
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DeM Banter: I thought it was just me... good to see David gets it as well... Washingtonpost.com June 21, 2013 For people (like me) who worry that the U.S. government is becoming dysfunctional, it's worth studying the subtle and largely hidden effects of sequestration on the military and other agencies. What's happening is the slow-motion …
DeM Banter: surprised we are not hearing more about this...my gut, it's going to haunt us... ForeignPolicy.com June 20, 2013 It's time to found a U.S. Cyber Force. Throughout the long decades of my military career, the backbone of U.S. national security was the "strategic triad" of delivery systems for nuclear weapons: ballistic-missile submarines and …
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