The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Transformation is not the same as modernization. Nor is transformation likely to be embraced by those who achieved their seniority via the old system.
Below is a briefing as presented to Command and General Staff Course (CGSC) Class, Logistics University, Fort Lee, VA on 7 April 2015.
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A Sanders Republican Looks a Trade and War in Ohio’s 4th
Keep your eye on the ball, Ohioans. Your “so-called” leaders, who robbed you of your jobs, decimated your communities, sent your young men and women to war, based on lies, and failed to recognize their value as citizen-soldiers upon their return are seeking a re-run, and a vote for Jim Jordan will assure their success. Ohio is not only a battlefield for Electoral votes, equally important, it is the staging ground for the ratification of the most undemocratic legislation in American history, (TPP) the Transpacific-Partnership. Jim Jordan will vote for it, because the Koch Brothers, who own him, will demand it.
This is what TPP does to Ohioans of the Fourth Congressional District:
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Spinning the Inhumanity of our National Policies
Reproduced with permission from original as posted.
We are failing to govern ourselves. The concept of American democracy has been driven from the field by the public relations industry. The balancing act between the poles of public and private interests, performed so deftly by Chester Bowles, William Benton and Harold Burson in the 1950s to protect us from the deceptions of our leaders and the cynicism of the PR industry founded by Edward Bernays, has collapsed. Spinning the morally indefensible is now embedded in our civic DNA.
From its inception, the leaders of our republic chose misleading words to mask the crimes against humanity committed by the markets they created and profited from:
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First Annual United States – Mexico International Labor Law Conference
Mexico City, Mexico _ October 26-27, 1992
October 1993
This report was jointly prepared by the Department of Labor, Office of the Solicitor, and the Mexican Secretariat of Labor and Social Welfare under the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by the Secretaries of Labor of the United States and Mexico in May 1991. The United States portion of the proceedings were prepared under the direction of
John F. Depenbrock, Associate Solicitor, Division of Labor-Management Laws. Compilation and editing was by Donald D. Carter, Jr., assisted by Joy K. Reynolds. The report is not an official document and does not express the policies or views of either the U.S. Government or the Government of the United Mexican States.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Robinson, Linda, Patrick B. Johnston and Gillian S. Oak. U.S. Special Operations Forces in the Philippines, 2001–2014. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2016.
This report examines the 14-year experience of U.S. special operations forces in the Philippines from 2001 through 2014. The objective of this case history is to document and evaluate the activities and effects of special operations capabilities employed to address terrorist threats in Operation Enduring Freedom — Philippines through (1) training and equipping Philippine security forces, (2) providing operational advice and assistance, and (3) conducting civil–military and information operations. The report evaluates the development, execution, and adaptation of the U.S. effort to enable the Philippine government to counter transnational terrorist groups.
Table of Contents Below the Fold
Maxwell, David. “PARTNERSHIP, RESPECT GUIDE U.S. MILITARY ROLE IN PHILIPPINES,” World Politics Review, Feature Report on Economy of Force: Training U.S. Partner Militaries, February 5, 2013, pp. 16-19.
Any successes Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines (OEF-P) may have achieved rest on five pillars. First, a thorough strategic to tactical assessment that informed the strategy and campaign plan, as well as continued assessment throughout the duration of the mission. Second, a deep understanding of unconventional warfare, and the ability to counter it with what is known as “foreign internal defense.” Third, established, long-term relationships and a sustained commitment over time by the U.S. military and U.S. country team. Fourth, respect for host-nation sovereignty and effective interagency collaboration. And fifth, support from conventional forces in key areas such as intelligence, communications, logistics, engineering, medical, aviation and additional personnel for individual staffs.
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Facebook Employees Pushed to Remove Trump’s Posts as Hate Speech
Ruling by CEO Mark Zuckerberg to keep presidential candidate’s posts spurred heated internal debates
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