SmallWarsJournal.com May 11, 2012 This Week at War In my Foreign Policy column, I wonder what would happen to its strategy if the U.S. can't use bases in Afghanistan the way it wants. In his May 1 speech from Bagram Air Base, where he announced a new long-term strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan, President Barack Obama vowed …
H.R. McMaster: The Warrior’s-Eye View Of Afghanistan By David Feith
Wall Street JournalMay 12, 2012 Pg. 13The Weekend InterviewThe two-star general wrote the book on Vietnam and showed the way for the surge in Iraq. Now he's back from 20 months in Afghanistan--and says the war can be won.Washington, D.C.--"The distant rear of an army engaged in battle is not the best place from which to …
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Vale Carroll Shelby – Texas chicken farmer, racer, philanthropist, automotive entrepreneur
Carroll Shelby is considered one of the great American success stories of the 20th century. Here he is after winning Le Mans in his Chicken farming overallsImage Gallery (52 images)Automotive legend Carroll Hall Shelby passed away yesterday at age 89. Born in Texas on January 11, 1923, Shelby was a leading race car driver, then race …
Carroll Shelby, 1923-2012 by Jeremy Korzeniewski
view original / autoblog.com It's darn near impossible to overemphasize the impact that Carroll Shelby has had on the automotive world as we know it today. Born in 1923, Shelby took part in his very first race, a quarter-mile drag, in 1952. Later that year, he'd go on to win his first road race in an MG-TC. By 1956, …
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The Latest 10 Things About Project Management I Learned From Dogs Featured by Bob Mcgannon
view original / projecttimes.com In the pressure filled world of managing programs and projects, it is a healthy thing to take a break, look at the world around us, and reflect. One major source of reflection can be the approach our beloved pets take to life, and the tasks they look to tackle. Like project leaders, dogs …
White House Taps Welsh To Be Air Force Chief Of Staff
Washington Post May 11, 2012 Pg. 12 By Craig Whitlock The White House has nominated Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and a former senior official at the CIA, to be the next Air Force chief of staff. Welsh's selection to lead the Air Force was announced Thursday …
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Enlarging the Organization….
Ever have one of those weeks? No...not one of those...but...one of these...where EVERYTHING goes just right? I am a car guy...and have a 1966 GT350 which I love to work on. Sometimes...every once in a while--you turn the key and she just purrs...the glass packs resonate perfectly, tap the gas a couple times and there …
Governments’ Innovation Barrier by David Paschane
View original / innovationexcellence.com It seems true that what we think about defines what we are capable of. I often hear that athletes, musicians, orators, and many others must see themselves accomplishing their goals in order to perform at their best. What is it that government employees think about, and how does that thinking shape …
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What Does “Professional” Look Like Today? by Allison Fine
view original / blogs.hbr.org According to a Booz & Company/Buddy Media survey released last October of more than 100 large companies, only a third have a senior executive charged with overseeing social media. And just over a third (38%) reported social media as a CEO-level agenda item. There are nearly a billion people on Facebook — just about everyone, …
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Pentagon Sticks With Blackberry
Washington Wire (wsj.com) May 9, 2012 By Will Connors Research in Motion Ltd. may have lost droves of consumers to Apple Inc.’s iPhone and devices run off Google Inc.’s Android. But on Wednesday it won a vote of confidence from one big customer: the Pentagon. RIM, in a statement Wednesday, said the U.S. Department of …
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