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SmallWarsJournal.com March 30, 2012 This Week at War My Foreign Policy column discusses how Australia will help the U.S. Navy with its challenges in the South China Sea. But the Navy has deeper problems to fix. A March 26, Washington Post article discussed a new expansion of the military relationship between the United States and Australia. According …
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AOL Defense (defense.aol.com) March 30, 2012 By Mackenzie Eaglen You know it's bad when the President's own national security adviser calls the Secretary of Defense over for a meeting at the White House to explain exactly how the administration is "pivoting" to Asia yet shrinking the Navy and the Air Force. But that's what happened …
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Boston Globe March 31, 2012 Pg. 9 TALKS BETWEEN Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1), scheduled for next month, provide the best opportunity to break the nine-year deadlock over Iran's nuclear program. Going in, the P5+1 members need to know that war or coercion are not the …
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by Rick Chin That great idea you are looking for is already somewhere in your mind or in the collective mind of your team. The real effort in coming up with a great idea, is all about getting out of your own way so that your great idea can reveal itself. I want to refer to …
All the robotic drones and battlefield sensors in the world can't win wars if the data deluge leads to information overload for military analysts' brains. That's why the U.S. military has announced it will spend $250 million each year on harnessing the power of "Big Data." That means creating computer systems that combine "computer speed, …
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DEFCON Hill (TheHill.com) March 29, 2012 By Jeremy Herb Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Thursday that Republicans are “stretching out our hand” to Democrats to find a solution for stopping the $500 billion cuts to the defense budget set to take effect in January 2013. McCain and a group of Republican senators said that a …
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Yahoo.com March 29, 2012 By Donna Cassata, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the House Budget Committee said Thursday he doesn't believe the nation's commanders gave Congress a budget based on military strategy, prompting a push back from the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In one statement, Rep. Paul Ryan challenged both …
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By Jeff Schogol The Air Force does not have enough stealth aircraft to wage an effective air campaign against China or North Korea, according to a recent study by the American Enterprise Institute, a think tank in Washington. The F-22 fighter and B-2 bomber are the only Air Force aircraft that could penetrate China’s sophisticated air …
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Wall Street Journal (wsj.com) March 28, 2012 Washington Wire By Adam Entous BRASILIA -- The top U.S. military officer raised eyebrows earlier this year with a dire warning to Congress about the consequences of imposing automatic across the board budget cuts on the Pentagon: “We would no longer be a global power.” On Wednesday, Gen. …
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By Victor Davis Hanson, Tribune Media Services, Victor Davis Hanson Posted 03/28/2012 at 09:30 am EST The world was reinvented in the 1970s by soaring oil prices and massive transfers of national wealth. It could be again if the price of petroleum crashes -- a real possibility given the amazing estimates about the new gas …
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