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Lori Volkman
Writes the blog Witty Little Secret
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Faster than a fleeting bullet point in an Army briefing slide. Able to leap Pentagon jargon in a single bound. While he's not a classic superhero like the Man of Steel, he's certainly a man of irony.
Meet Doctrine Man, an Army officer's cartoon creation, a caped crusader whose escapades battling military bureaucracy have attracted an Internet cult following, small but devoted and expanding among troops around the globe.
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Lori Volkman
Writes the blog Witty Little Secret
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Introduction. II. The Meaning of the Commander-in-chief Clause. A. The Conventional View that Congress Authorizes the President. B. The Inherent Commander-in-Chief Powers Thesis. 1. Theoretical Justification. 2. Criticisms. III. Structural Objections to the Inherent Powers Thesis. A. Quick Military Strikes. 1. The Iran Hostage Rescue Mission. 2. Preemptive Nuclear Strikes. 3. The Problem with Unilateral Quick Military Strikes. B. Secret Executive Branch Actions. 1. Iran-Contra. 2. National Security Agency (NSA) Warrantless Surveillance. 3. The Problem with Secret Executive Branch Action. IV. Conclusion.
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BENGHAZI, Libya -- When rebels seized this rundown coastal city in February, they torched the symbols of Moammar Gadhafi's 41-year reign of terror: a military base, secret police and "revolutionary committee" buildings.
In one upscale Benghazi neighborhood, only a three-story villa was burned.
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Rolling Stone magazine is engaging in a psychological operation trying to brainwash the American public," says an expert in military information operations. The magazine's Feb. 23 article, "Another runaway general: Army deploys psy-ops on U.S. senators," by Michael Hastings, is a confused attempt to create an issue where no issue exists, and a potentially libelous smear on the record of a senior military officer. This is what passes for reporting among the anti- war left.
Mr. Hastings asserts that Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, the commander of NATO Training Mission Afghanistan (NTM-A) illegally employed " 'psychological operations' to manipulate visiting American senators into providing more troops and funding for the war." From the tone of the article, an unsuspecting reader could conclu...
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A number of recently published children's and young adult mysteries will be intriguing to young readers.
In Newbery Medal winner Avi's "The Traitor's Gate" (Atheneum, Reprint Edition 2010, ages 14 and older), set in the corrupt, seedy world of Victorian London, 14-year-old John Huffman attempts to unravel the mystery of how his destitute father acquired and is clandestinely trying to sell the plans for constructing England's greatest military secret.
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TAUSCHER TO OFFER DATA
The Obama administration is set to offer more concessions to the Russians on missile defense, the latest one a proposal to share secret technical data on the U.S. military's most effective anti- missile interceptor.
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To: LEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORS
Contact: U.S. Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs, +1- 202-514-2007, +1-202-514-1888 (TDD)
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The Institute for Defense Analysis issued a report in May 1995 that found no legitimate need to continue funding the B-2 'stealth' bomber. However, Congress used secret money from the National Reconnaissance Office to fund the project, largely due to the influence of contractor Northrop Grumman.