DeM Banter: interesting...great SAASS thesis here. There is a need for somebody to do something, so it must be the US. Although the US is tapped out and other nations have made a conscience decision to let their might falter in the belief the the US will always be there. Could this be a possible …
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Sequestration Threatens Cuts Everywhere By Darren Samuelsohn
DeM Banter: what could possibly go wrong? Politico.com November 18, 2012 The Pentagon is soaking up most of the attention around the looming budget cuts that would take place at the start of the new year, but there are a host of other national security programs caught up in the fiscal cliff debate, too. Sequestration …
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Honey, I Shrunk The Pentagon By Bill Keller
DeM Banter: let's play "Is This Anything?" Well Dave...what do you think? Paul...nope... I don't know what do you think? New York Times November 19, 2012 Pg. 21 LET’S imagine you are the new secretary of defense, and, wow, has Secretary Panetta left you a full docket. You have to extract more than 60,000 troops …
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Don’t Miss The Greatness…Trust and Empower: DeMarco Banter
Empowerment and trust is something that seems lacking in certain organizations. Trust has to be built and as such takes time and without trust it is difficult to empower. First evaluate your people...can they handle the authority, empowerment, and trust? If you give too much authority too soon...you can literally be setting your folks up …
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If Iran Gets The Bomb By Paul Bracken
DeM Banter: would tend to agree on one point....have we honestly given the situation the intellectual rigor it deserves? Wall Street Journal November 17, 2012 Pg. C3 How would U.S. and Israeli strategists deal with a much riskier Middle East? You don't have to fire a nuclear weapon to gain a strategic advantage from it. …
3 Things Every Great Leader Gets Wrong by Les Mckeown
view original / inc.com DeM Banter: Something to ponder this week... Walter Isaacson's book is a great read, highly recommend, if nothing else...check the abstract.... and remember to be thankful for all those great people you have the privilege to work with... Think you're a great leader? Make sure you aren't guilty of one of these three …
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Change In U.S. Defense Strategy Could Ease Fiscal Challenge: Report By David Alexander
DeM Banter: Strategic Agility? For some reason....I think I have seen this movie before... Reuters.com November 15, 2012 WASHINGTON -- A group of national security experts on Thursday proposed a new U.S. defense strategy they said could be safely implemented at different budget levels, enabling President Barack Obama to cut Pentagon spending by more than …
9 Leadership Myths–& How to Overcome Them by Brian Evje
DeM Banter: Great points and things we probably see and/or hear often from our leadership... no time to read, I have been a (fill in the blank) so I know this, etc. Always have to be getting better... or we are just getting worse... View Original / Brian Evje / inc.com These nine myths can hamstring you, …
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Obama’s Nightmare By Thomas L. Friedman
DeM Banter: love Friedman's stuff...even when I don't agree, always thought provoking. This theory seems sound, but need to chew on it a bit. "United States in Iraq performed the geopolitical equivalent of falling on a grenade — that we triggered ourselves." Not sure I have looked at it as such. But it does seem …
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