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Next US Strategy Carries Heavy Expectations By PAUL McLEARY and JOHN T. BENNETT

DeM Banter:  Well...it looks like it will be something (good or bad...its a thing)...but we have to remember strategy is all about ways, ends, and means....if those three things are not clearly articulates it simply becomes a brochure of campaign issues and a wish list with a glossy cover.  Always interesting... Dec. 11, 2013 - …

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Dempsey Addresses CEOs On Challenges Of Leadership By Jim Garamone

DeM Banter:  Not sure what to think about this...Competence, loyalty, trust, responsibility and accountability... the CJCS goes on to say, "I think we forgot a little about how we balance character and competence..."  “There have been missteps recently that we are trying to overcome — missteps that I attribute to 10 years of frenetic activity — and …

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Should you worry or is US military at the ready? By PAULINE JELINEK

DeM Banter:  Funny the question never really gets answered in the article does it. What's implied is no... we should not worry...or maybe the DoD does not know what "ready" means ..of course that is not what the Services are say...it's what Barry M. Blechman of the Stimson Center says...funny I have not run into him around …

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The Reshaping of Pacific Defense: Interview With PacAF Gen. Hawk Carlisle By ROBBIN LAIRD and ED TIMPERLAKE

DeM Banter:  Fighting Crisis, Complexity, and Confusion (C3) with Communication, Collaboration, and Creative Thinking...the three Cs... View Original / ROBBIN LAIRD / ED TIMPERLAKE /Breaking Defense / 27 Nov 13 We interviewed Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander of Pacific Air Forces, at the Air Force Association’s Pacific Forum in Los Angeles, about the challenges facing the U.S. and its allies in shaping a 21st …

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America forgetting lessons of Iraq, Afghanistan, general says in Colorado Springs speech By Tom Roeder

DeM Banter:  Another case of being "smarter than history?"  Do we really see a fight with China?  Or do we see more issues in the Mid-East?  I certainly know which one is "easier" to plan for..."H.R." McMaster...another great Hoover Fellow... gazette.com / View Original / November 24th, 2013 Herbert Raymond "H.R." McMaster, now a two-star general of some renown, returned …

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Defense Senior Civilian Vacancies On the Rise By Sandra I. Erwin

DeM Banter:  So I've got a few resumes out..."what are we going to today Brain...????" View Original Defense industry leaders are growing uneasy over the number of unfilled senior civilian posts at the Pentagon. Many of the current vacancies have not been filled because the Obama administration has not yet named candidates. Others are positions …

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