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Terror Risk Falls, U.S. Officials Say By Siobhan Gorman

Wall Street Journal April 28, 2012 Pg. 4 WASHINGTON—The chances of a Sept. 11-style attack have substantially decreased as a result of U.S. counterterrorism operations, according to senior U.S. intelligence officials who provided an assessment Friday of the state of al Qaeda a year after the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. A high-casualty attack …

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The U.S. Army In A Time Of Transition Building a flexible force By Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, Army Chief of Staff

Foreign Affairs May 1, 2012 After six months as chief of staff, I can see clearly that the coming decade will be a vital period of transition for the U.S. Army. The service will have to adjust to three major changes: declining budgets, due to the country's worsened fiscal situation; a shift in emphasis to …

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Pentagon Preps Chopping Block For Next Round Of Base Closures

Washington Times April 27, 2012 Pg. 1 By Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times Defense Department officials are quick to say the formal process of selecting U.S. military bases for closure will not begin until Congress says so. But people inside the Pentagon already are talking about candidates for the politically charged process that often triggers …

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Do More in Less Time: Tips From an Efficiency Expert by Howard Greenstein

View Orginal / Howard Greenstein / Jason Womack Jason Womack's book Your Best Just Got Better explains how to keep from being interrupted. It also identifies the perfect time of day to make a difficult call. Author Jason Womack's broad grin and twinkling eyes aren't an act--he has been happy every single time I've met him. After teaching high school for …

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Decline or Decadence? – Victor Davis Hanson – National Review Online

View Original / Victor Davis Hanson Almost daily we read of America’s “waning power” and “inevitable decline,” as observers argue over the consequences of defense cuts and budget crises. Yet much of the new American “leading from behind” strategy is more a matter of choice than of necessity. Apparently, both left-wing critics of U.S. foreign …

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What Doesn’t Motivate Creativity Can Kill It by Steve Kramer, Teresa Amabile

blogs.hbr.org / view original Management is widely viewed as a foe of innovation. The thinking goes that too much management strangles innovation (just let a thousand flowers bloom!). But we have found a much more nuanced picture. You really can manage for innovation, but it starts by knowing what drives creativity in the people who generate and develop the …

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