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SmallWarsJournal.com February 25, 2012 This Week at War Can The Navy And The Air Force Get Along? By Robert Haddick In my Foreign Policy column, I discuss how the Navy and Air Force are cooperating on the Air-Sea Battle concept. But it may not be enough to save America's forward presence strategy. In a recent …
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Today, Luke and I were debating the true meaning of Black Sabbath's Iron Man... Truly a deep father and son convo...here is what we found: The title of the song was conceived by Ozzy Osbourne. Geezer Butler took to writing the lyrics around the title. The song was originally entitled "Iron Bloke". Upon hearing the …
BY JAMES TRAUB | FEBRUARY 24, 2012 In the summer of 1798, U.S. President John Adams faced the gravest crisis of his time in office. Hostilities with the revolutionary, expansionist regime in France had been rising since his election, with French privateers seizing American merchant ships off the Atlantic coast. Adams's effort at diplomacy had …
There are some things in leadership that I could honestly say I despise. Perhaps you have your own list, but this is mine. Here are 10 things that drive me crazy in leadership: Responsibility without authority – If you ask someone to lead something; then let them lead. Small-mindedness – I like big dreams and …
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New York Post February 23, 2012 Pg. 25 Reports last week have Team Obama considering cuts in our strategic nuclear forces -- by as much as 80 percent. Not good. These accounts say the Pentagon has been ordered to study the possibility of reducing the number of deployed nuclear warheads to several levels -- 1,000 …
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“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” “At a time like this that’s all you can think to say?” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.” “I don’t think I’m quite familiar with that phrase.” “I would not say such things if I …
Washington Post February 24, 2012 Pg. 9 By Karen DeYoung LONDON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that Syrian opposition forces will become “increasingly capable” of carrying out offensive operations against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. “They will, from somewhere, somehow, find the means to defend themselves, as well as begin …
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As a life-long hypochondriac, I was laughing out loud when reading the tragic-comic inscription on the tombstone located in the cemetery in Key West, Florida: 'I Told You I Was Sick!' I could imagine the poor guy confronting family and friends and insisting to no avail that what he had was more than just the …
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Washington Post February 23, 2012 Pg. 1 Sense Of Inevitable War Grips Israel Many see the prospect of striking Iran over its nuclear program as the lesser of two evils By Joel Greenberg, Tel Aviv A recent installment of the popular Israeli satirical television show "A Wonderful Country" captured the public mood here regarding a …
February 23, 2012 (found this post and thought it worth "curating") Bronnie Ware is an Australian nurse who spent several years working in palliative care, caring for patients in the last 12 weeks of their lives. She recorded their dying epiphanies in a blog called Inspiration and Chai, which gathered so much attention that she …
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