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WIKILEAKS – OUTLOOK GLUM FOR ‘POROUS’ PAKISTAN BORDER

U.S.: Little to show in 8 years By Rowan Scarborough– The Washington Times    December 5, 2010 The State Department has stated in a cable from Peshawar, Pakistan, that it is skeptical about eventually winning the military struggle in Pakistan‘s badlands, saying peace talks go nowhere and murderous militants control key towns. A long cable from

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FISHER HOUSE – A REFUGE FOR OUR WOUNDED SOLDIERS AND THEIR FAMILIES

If you would like to donate to Fisher House,  please send your checks to Fisher House, 12 Bassett Streeet, Ft. Bragg, North Carolina 28307 Attention:  Paula Gallero There are 53 Fisher Houses near military bases around our country, please find one near you and help them provide this very worthwhile service. Merry Christmas!    Nancy NEWS

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DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES AND HIS RECORD OF RUNNING THE DEPT OF DEFENSE

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Gates Legacy The Pentagon is not ready for the 21st century. But it’s not too late to change course. Jim Talent December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 No one questions the contributions to national security of Defense Secretary Robert Gates or his skill at getting his way

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NEW START TREATY

DECEMBER 21, 2010 New Start’s Old Illusions The arms treaty is irrelevant to today’s nuclear proliferation. The Obama Presidency wouldn’t have been complete without an arms-control treaty. Since at least the Kellogg-Briand pact in the 1920s, which outlawed war, it has been an article of faith in some circles that reasonable men everywhere could be

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HOLBROOKE, MY DIPLOMATIC WINGMAN BY GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS

My diplomatic wingman The late Richard Holbrooke (left) and Gen. David H. Petraeus (right), shown here with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in April, collaborated closely on U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Holbrooke passed away Monday in Washington. (Shah Marai) By David H. Petraeus Washington Post  December 19, 2010 Those of us engaged in the

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WIKILEAKS – DAMAGE TO AMERICA

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Deadly Gossip The culture of leaking grows to ominous proportions. Lee Smith December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 Many here in the United States have been quick to dismiss the significance of the State Department cables released by WikiLeaks as little more than foreign policy gossip. Unfortunately, this

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HOW THE WORM TURNED – STUXNET

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Stuxnet versus the Iranian nuclear program. Jonathan V. Last December 13, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 13 Last week Mahmoud Ahmadinejad acknowledged that Iran’s uranium enrichment program had suffered a setback: “They were able to disable on a limited basis some of our centrifuges by software installed in electronic equipment,”

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THE FLAWED NEW START TREATY – GOOD DEAL FOR RUSSIA, NOT FOR U.S.

MONROE: Hesitation over New START Trouble with Russia’s tactical nukes By Vice Adm. Robert R. Monroe – The Washington Times   November 23, 2010 The Senate has just reconvened for its “lame-duck” November and December session. President Obama is urging this body to hold a ratification vote on the New START nuclear weapons treaty with Russia

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LINDSEY GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS MIND ON IRAN

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Speaking Truth to Mullah Power At a conclave of big shots, Lindsey Graham steals the show. Tod Lindberg November 22, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 10 Halifax, Nova Scotia On a dangerously windy early November afternoon, a military plane carrying a delegation of six U.S. senators made four successive approaches

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