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The New APFT
Stars and Stripes reporter Jeff Schogol takes on the new Army Physical Fitness Test....
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Dana Milbank, We Forgive You For "Mouthpiece Theater"
He really takes the House defense appropriations subcommittee -- and especially its chairman -- to task: In his opening statement, Gates fervently appealed for funds requeste...
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I spent some time yesterday afternoon thinking about the Westboro Baptist Church and yesterday's decision by the U.S. Supreme Court. Obviously, I am disgusted by the rhetoric ...
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In Run Up to World Water Day, Senate Report Warns of Looming Water Crisis in Central Asia
March 22nd will mark the eighteenth World Water Day, an annual UN-sponsored day to recognize the importance of water, including its increasing scarcity and competition for it....
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On Nine Afghan Boys
I spent a bit of time this afternoon explaining to some colleagues the effect the Qana massacre of 1996 had on Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon and then came ba...
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What We Are Reading (And What We Are NOT Reading)
1. Yesterday, it was Gen. Mattis. Today's big cup o' ice water comes from Sec. Gates: In his most pointed comment, Mr. Gates said that “we also have to think about, frankly, t...
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Fun Fact of the Day
Dave Kilcullen just pointed out to me that the entire budget for USIP is equal to the amount of money it takes to deploy one platoon of infantry to Afghanistan for a year....
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India’s New Budget: Fighting Food Insecurity
As the attention of the world turns towards the East over the coming decades, India will become an increasingly important power. As a recent CNAS report began, “The emergence ...
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And today's prize for Biggest Cup of Ice Water goes to ...
... Jim Mattis of CENTCOM! AFP - Enforcing a no-fly zone over Libya would first require bombing the north African nation's air defense systems, top US commander General James...
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In North Korea, Food Shortages Strain Relations
Faced with floods, an exceptionally cold winter, and the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, North Korea has issueddesperate pleas to the international community for food aid....
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Today's Most Important Story That You Will Likely Not Read
An article by Leila Fadel on the Egyptian police ran in today's Washington Post. I probably would not have read it had I not been flipping through the actual paper edition, an...
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Oman's Renaissance Man
The democratic upheaval across the Arab world has now become so profound and overwhelming -- so unstoppable -- as to engulf arguably the least oppressive and most competent au...
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Should the U.S. Move Against Qaddafi? A Logical, But Difficult, Step
The administration is right to ratchet up the pressure on Colonel Qaddafi and his brutal regime. Talking of establishing a no-flight zone, repositioning American military asse...
By Richard Fontaine
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Stay classy, Michael Hastings! Part II
Michael Hastings and Rolling Stone had a bad weekend. First, Rajiv Chandrasekaran of the Washington Post (who is obviously a shill who would never under any circumstances crit...
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This Weekend’s News: Oil, Food and the Unrest in the Middle East
Widespread political unrest continued in Libya over the weekend, prompting President Obama and representatives at the United Nations in New York to weigh in. On Saturday night...
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Arab Democracy And The Return of The Mediterranean World
With the toppling of autocratic regimes in Egypt and Tunisia - and other Arab dictators, such as Libya's, on the ropes - some have euphorically announced the arrival of democr...
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Cyber Sanity
Despite a ballooning federal debt and intense pressures on the federal budget, cyber security has become Washington’s new growth industry. The U.S. government has spent over $...
By Kristin M. Lord & Travis Sharp
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What We Are Reading (And What We Are NOT Reading) UPDATED
What I am reading today:1. I just finished the very solid new Crisis Group report on Egypt. The first 15 pages read like a thriller, and the analysis on the Egyptian military ...
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Quote of the Day: How to Be a Better Analyst
It comes from noted defense policy specialist Al Franken*: While the briefings provided me with a helpful update on what was happening on the ground, I knew that I would have ...
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If a U.S. president could speak honestly about Libya...
Listening to U.S. journalists demand to know what the Obama Administration is doing about Libya is growing tiresome. So much so that it was refreshing to hear the NATO secret...