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From the Dept. of Silly Things Written About My Employer
Look, my employer does not take institutional positions, but if you are going to ascribe them to us, please do your homework: 1. U.S. News: "Patrick Cronin, a senior director ...
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The Greatest U.S. Army Jokes Ever
Hey, did you see the U.S. Army's homepage today? They announced the Stetson hat will be the new official U.S. Army headgear. Hilarious April Fools joke, right? Because we can ...
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Messages From a Libyan Intervention
Pundits around the world have been debating the meaning of the US intervention in Libya since the first bombs began falling last week. Does Libya mark a new direction in US f...
By David W. Barno & USA (Ret.)
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Random Bits
Again, these are a busy few days for me, so posting will be light. But I want to sound off on three things, quickly. 1. I was not too angry about the fact that the United Stat...
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Surgical Financial Strikes Can Oust Gaddafi
Over the past week the Libyan no-fly zone has prevented Muammer Gaddafi from killing innocent civilians, but not forced him from power. None of the long-term options for Libya...
By Patrick M. Cronin
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Reactions on America’s New Energy "Blueprint"
Today I was moderating a panel and facilitating a working session on energy, climate change & security, so I haven’t yet seen or heard a single reaction to the president’s...
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Satellites You Need to Know: Landsat, the Granddaddy of them all
The Landsat program is a set of moderate resolution satellites that have been collecting images of the Earth for nearly 39 years, the longest continuous mission of its kind. I...
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South Korea’s Quest for (Foreign) Energy
China is normally the most prominent country when the media and analysts cover rising volumes of international energy deals and investments. South Korea, however, is giving it...
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Kill Team
I have a very busy few days of work ahead of me in which blogging will be light, but in addition to my analysis of the president's speech last night, do read this Rolling Ston...
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The President's Speech on Libya
I did not have a quick response to the president's address on Libya because, uh, I went to rugby practice instead of staying in the office to watch. Sorry. But I came home and...
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Libya, the Obama Administration, and Communication
From NPR: President Obama addresses the nation on U.S. military operations in Libya Monday night. The operation started nine days ago. Since then, Obama has faced criticis...
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This Weekend's News: On Nuclear Energy
I’ll start this wrap-up with the coolest natural security-related news from the weekend: the Navy has sent some submarines to the Arctic on exercises to do who knows exactly w...
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Hosford and Exum on Libya
Zack Hosford and I have collaborated on a new policy brief for the Center for a New American Security. The .pdf is just five pages, so you should take a few minutes to read it...
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Refocus Mideast Presence
The popular upheavals shaking the established political order in the Middle East may throw U.S. defense strategy in the region into disarray. In the span of barely two months,...
By Brian Burton
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National Security Human Capital Program
Tom Ricks on Meet the PressVisit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy...
By Thomas E. Ricks
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The Middle East Crisis Has Just Begun
Despite the military drama unfolding in Libya, the Middle East is only beginning to unravel. American policy-makers have been spoiled by events in Tunisia and Egypt, both of w...
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In My Hometown, Even Pacifists Sometimes Receive the Medal of Honor
I was home on block leave one year and in the Kinko's on Brainerd Road when this old man walked past me wearing a hat that read "Congressional Medal of Honor Society." With a ...
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How Not to Understand Regime Survival in the Arabic-Speaking World
This David Brooks op-ed on Moammar Ghadafi and Libya makes a really broad claim about regime survival based on a single case study. I like David Brooks in part because he take...
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3 Hours
That's how long it took U.S. Marines to recover a downed aviator in Libya. Or, as one of my co-workers put it, "I've been stuck on Metro for longer than that." ...
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Obama’s Reorg: Keep It or Cut It? Part III
If there is one thing we should be able to agree on this week, it’s that tsunami early warning systems are a good investment. A few weeks back we began examining how the pendi...