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THE QUIET FURY OF ROBERT GATES

  THE WALL STREET JOURNAL THE QUIET FURY OF ROBERT GATES By Robert M. Gates —Dr. Gates was the 22nd secretary of defense. This essay is adapted from his latest book, “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War,” to be published next Tuesday by Knopf. Jan. 7, 2014 4:32 p.m. ET Robert Gates Reuters All […]

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TWO MARINE GENERALS OUSTED OVER 2012 ATTACK IN AFGHANISTAN

  U.S. NEWS  September 30, 2013 Two Marine Generals Ousted Over 2012 Attack in Afghanistan By JULIAN E. BARNES WASHINGTON—The Marine Corps commandant on Monday ordered two high-ranking generals to leave the service as a result of their failure to put in place adequate defenses at a key base in Afghanistan, a rare instance of

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THE FAILED GRAND STRATEGY

  August 24, 2013 The Failed Grand Strategy in the Middle East WALTER RUSSELL MEAD Mr. Mead is the James Clarke Chace Professor of Foreign Affairs and Humanities at Bard College and editor-at-large of the American Interest. Associated Press  An opponent of Egypt’s President Morsi holds up a picture of Barack Obama and the American

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THE CITIZEN OF THE WORLD PRESIDENCY

  COMMENTARY The Citizen of the World Presidency Elliott Abrams  Elliott Abrams is senior fellow for Middle Eastern studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served as deputy assistant to the president and deputy national-security adviser in the administration of President George W. Bush. He is the author, most recently, of Tested by Zion,

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HEROIC AFGHAN TRANSLATOR ABANDONED BY U.S.

    http://video.foxnews.com/v/2600890414001/afghan-translators-life-in-danger-as-he-waits-for-visa/?playlist_id=940325739001 August 8, 2013 Notable & Quotable Alana Goodman writes about a heroic Afghan translator stuck in the bureaucratic limbo of the State Department. Alana Goodman writing in the Washington Free Beacon, Aug. 7: Four years ago, an Afghan translator known as “Hafez” charged into enemy fire to help Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer

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10 QUESTIONS JOURNALISTS WON’T ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA

  breitbart.com Top 10 Questions Journalists Won’t Ask President Obama at Press Conference by Joel B. Pollak     9 Aug 2013 President Barack Obama rarely makes himself available to the mainstream media. They adore him anyway. At rare press conferences, such as the one scheduled for noon Friday at the White House, they lob

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WHO BETRAYED NAVY SEAL TEAM 6 ?

  KUHNER: Who betrayed Navy SEAL Team 6? Congress must discover how they were marked for death By Jeffrey T. Kuhner– The Washington Times Friday, August 9, 2013 Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times  What really happened to Navy SEAL Team 6? In August 2011, the elite special forces unit suffered the worst

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TALIBAN LAUNCH ATTACK ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

  ASIA NEWS  June 24, 2013, 11:44 p.m. ET Taliban Launch Attack on Afghan Presidential Palace By NATHAN HODGE and EHSANULLAH AMIRI KABUL—The Taliban launched a coordinated attack on the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul early on Tuesday, just one week after they opened in the Gulf emirate of Qatar a political office to negotiate

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THE UNTOLD STORY OF AFGHAN PROGRESS

  March 18, 2013 The Untold Story of Afghan Progress There are over eight million schoolchildren, 2.6 million of them girls. In 2001: 900,000 boys and practically no girls. By SAAD MOHSENI Mr. Mohseni is the chairman of MOBY Group, Afghanistan’s largest media group with additional holdings in the Middle East and South and Central

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