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National Defense / Foreign Policy

Isolationism

January 25, 2012

I am digging through Obama’s SOTU address to see if I can find anything new…no luck so far.  Perhaps I can find a slant that no one has covered and bring it to you.  Sure I can find something.  Here are the Heritage Foundation’s initial stabs at what was said.  I briefly skimmed through it, [...]

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Is the Taliban Dangerous?

January 18, 2012

I have been doing more reading than writing lately, but I came across this short article on the Foundry that I thought would be a good read for some.    It is in reference to the Taliban – al Qaeda relationship that was discussed in the Monday night debate; more specifically how downplaying the dangers of [...]

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We Still Remember

January 5, 2012

On this day in 2006 my unit lost 5 of its best.  I started my blog with a post that gave a small glimpse into the type of men they were, but still hardly did them justice.   Today we still remember them. MAJ William Hecker – Battalion Operations Officer CPT Christopher Petty – Headquarters & [...]

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Not sure if many people were aware of this story, but I came across it and thought I would share.  I tend to shy away from the news on TV so it could be out there.  The story is that a policy was released that would have in effect banned Bibles and other religious material [...]

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A Plea for Help

December 12, 2011

Here is an email that was forwarded to me by one of my West Point friends.  I would ask that you please read the linked articles, pass them on to your friends, and contact those who might have influence in this situation.  Another example of the reality of policy. “Not sure if any of you [...]

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