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In the months leading up to the attacks of September 11, the Department of Defense was working on a new defense strategy and associated force structure. Central to the new plan was a significant reduction in the size of the U.S. Army. The incoming Bush Administration had campaigned on a platform
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Date:
10/1/2012
Every generation produces its share of zealots and malcontents, but ours is unique in the degree to which it has empowered them with new technology. It isn't just the possibilities presented to extremists by new methods of mass murder, but the tools that allow them to communicate securely among
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Date:
9/9/2011
If we accept the Obama Administration’s characterization of who we are fighting at home and abroad, it is inappropriate to use the military, perhaps even the CIA, to go after them. In a recent interview, Attorney General Eric Holder repeatedly rejected the idea that ideology was even part of the
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Date:
7/15/2010
The convincing win of Republican candidate Scott Brown in yesterday's special election to fill the U.S. Senate seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy is being attributed to many factors -- a weak economy, anti-incumbent populism, Obamacare, etc. But Brown's campaign manager has his own explanation.
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Date:
1/20/2010


