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Washington Post March 14, 2012 Pg. 15 I guess I knew it would eventually come down to this: Blame the Army’s institutions in some way for the horrific and senseless slaughter of 16 innocent Afghan civilians in Kandahar, allegedly by a U.S. infantry non-commissioned officer (NCO). In their search for a villain, the media seems to …
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A new history of the disastrous, 19th century British invasion of Afghanistan reveals more about the current war than we might like to think. By SETH G. JONES: author of In the Graveyard of Empires: America’s War in Afghanistan, is a senior political scientist at RAND. From 2009 to 2011, he served in various positions …
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Washington Post March 13, 2012 Pg. 13 By Walter Pincus Let’s think about the unthinkable -- sequestration. On Jan. 2, 2013, it will kick in if Congress can’t reach agreement before then on $1.2 trillion in cuts or added revenue over the next 10 years. Sequestration will be avoided if Congress passes legislation that President …
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Wall Street Journal March 13, 2012 Pg. 13 Three years into America's post-World War II drawdown,not a single U.S. nuclear bomber could hit a large, undefended target in Ohio. By Warren Kozak It was simply called the "Dayton Exercise" and for obvious reasons it was kept secret for decades. It was also one of the …
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Strategy-business.com March 5th 2012 The question “What is strategy?” has spurred numerous doctoral dissertations, countless hours of research, and hearty disagreement among serious management thinkers. Perhaps this is why many executives also struggle with it. Nonetheless, decision makers seeking to steer a business to sustained success need a succinct and pragmatic response. After all, it …
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New York Times March 12, 2012 Pg. 10 By Elisabeth Bumiller WASHINGTON — Despite growing calls for the United States to help stop the bloodshed in Syria, senior Pentagon officials are stepping up their warnings that military intervention would be a daunting and protracted operation, requiring at least weeks of exclusively American airstrikes, with the …
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New York Post March 10, 2012 Pg. 19 Americans — left and right — are sick of thankless Mideast nation-building. Yet democratization was not our first choice, but rather a last resort after prior failures. The United States had long ago supplied Afghan insurgents, who expelled the Soviets after a decade of fighting. Then we …
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Washington Post March 11, 2012 Pg. 1 By Karen DeYoung The Obama administration and its allies and international partners have begun serious discussions about potential military involvement in Syria, even as they continue to press for nonviolent solutions to the carnage there. With little progress made in the two weeks since 70 countries and international …
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Los Angeles Times March 11, 2012 Iran's record of deceit fuels worry over President Obama's assurances that he'll know if Tehran starts trying to build a nuclear weapon. By Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Washington--Despite President Obama's assurances that the United States will know if Tehran begins to secretly build a nuclear bomb, …
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Several weeks ago the 100th Operations Group hosted Statoil's Chief Global Strategist and Business Developer, Mr John Knight. John mentioned "The Age of the Unthinkable" shaped much of Statoil's new Global look... and launched Statoil to new and exciting growth. I had read the book when it was first released but needed to go back …
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