The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
11 August [sic] Tip of the hat to MILINET I received this from a friend who didn’t know that Mitch “Taco” Bell is the son of very good friends from my church. He is an airline pilot who was in the USMC reserves and several years ago volunteered to return to active duty and requested service …
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Small Wars Journal By Robert Haddick August 7, 2009 Climate change and reduced sea ice cover may result in opening up the Arctic to vastly increased resource development and commercial traffic. These trends will inevitably spark international conflicts and create a need for more military forces to provide security and protect interests in the Arctic …
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Hot Topics AU: Outlawing al-Shabaab not the answer 08/06/09 BD: BANGLADESHS AMBIVALENT RELATIONS WITH THE PRC 08/04/09 BT: Bharti says to expand cable network to Bhutan 08/04/09 CN: China Investigates Top Nuclear Official 08/06/09 CN: China to surpass US in manufacturing by 2015 on road to Empire 08/04/09 CN: Chinese teen dies at Internet addiction rehab camp 08/06/09 CN: …
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Stephen Carmel is a world-class speaker with a truly compelling story to tell, and after learning about him from his appearance at the USNI/AFCEA Joint War Fighting Conference, we were deeply impressed. Below we summarize the highlights from his speech, which we have put into a proper document with emphasis added throughout. This is one …
Hot Topics AA: Chile, Panama with the highest rate of imprisoned population 07/30/09 BR: Growth With Equity: Brazils Path to Economic Recovery 08/03/09 CL: Chile requests additional time to clear mines along Bolivian border 07/29/09 CO: Chiquita CEOs sponsored terrorism in Colombia, now identified 08/01/09 CR: Michael O McCarthy interviews Costa Rican Presidential Candidate … 07/30/09 CU: Cuba Strengthens its Institutionalism 08/03/09 CU: Raul Castro: Cuba wont undo …
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Hot Topics BD: Bangladeshi military not above the law 07/30/09 BT: Royal Address at the Concluding Ceremony of the 3rd Session of … 07/30/09 FJ: Police fork out for 300 pastors 07/27/09 HK: Pulp non-fiction hits Hong Kong 07/27/09 ID: New light on birth of Indonesian Navy 08/02/09 ID: Noordin look-alike reported to police office in Mataram 07/31/09 …
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The original modern whistle-blower, whose friends got him the cover of TIME Magazine to protect him from vengeful senior policy-makers who did not wish to hear truth spoken to power. Below is his book, still the most trenchant and relevant and certain NOT to be read by anyone engaged with the Quadrennial Review (QDR) or …
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