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St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 30, 2012 Pg. 8 Our view . After nearly 10 years of relentless combat, the U.S. Army has begun to catch its breath and think about what's next. Army Chief of Staff Raymond T. Odierno, in an article published last Wednesday in the May/June edition of Foreign Affairs, writes that the …
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Politico.com April 29, 2012 U.S. military superiority has helped maintain stability around the globe and keep peace for nearly 70 years. Our air superiority has meant that no U.S. soldier, sailor or marine has been killed by enemy airplanes in nearly six decades. Air power is now central to joint war-fighting and helped achieve our …
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Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) April 30, 2012 Yes: Our strategic goals depend on it; No: Negotiations are the best hope By Lawrence J. Haas; John B. Quigley Editor's note: Every Monday we offer pro/con pieces from the McClatchy-Tribune news service to give readers a broad view of issues. Yes: Our strategic goals depend on it …
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Washington Post April 30, 2012 Pg. 13 For a year, a chorus of pundits has been proclaiming that the Arab Spring has ushered in a new era in the Middle East in which the United States no longer is the "indispensable nation" Bill Clinton once described. Syria has proved them wrong. To be sure, so …
Seattle Times April 30, 2012 Spokane-area leaders say the key to preserving the base may be landing the next generation of aerial-refueling tankers to be built by Boeing. By Nicholas K. Geranios, Associated Press SPOKANE — Fairchild Air Force Base is Spokane County's largest employer and has been a mainstay of the local economy for …
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Weekly Standard May 7, 2012 View Original / Michael Auslin / Weekly Standard The release of the Obama administration’s defense budget in January makes clear just how the president intends to reshape the U.S. military. For starters, the Army will shrink 14 percent by 2017, the Marines will decrease by 20,000, six Air Force fighter …
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A bud of mine, Josh Zaker, passed this piece to me the other day. It was written for Foreign Affairs in the Spring of 1957... amazing at how relevant Dr Kissinger's words are still for us 55 years later. I have pasted the conclusion below and the article is at the link...great stuff. Kissinger Strategy …
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By J. William DeMarco, Curt Rauhut, and Kurt Waymire Joint Forces Staff College, November 2009 The only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will …
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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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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