rssFlournoy on Afghanistan Strategy
Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 12:17 pm
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Early in today’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on President-elect Obama’s Pentagon subcabinet nominees, Michele Flournoy, the undersecretary for policy-designate, pledged her support for the upcoming troop increase in Afghanistan. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) asked Flournoy to articulate a military strategy for Afghanistan, particularly “what the end point is [at which] we see the mission completed.” Flournoy didn’t hestitate to say she didn’t have more than an overall goal.
“That is the question, Senator. Our objective in Afghanistan has got to be to create a more stable and secure environment that allows longer-term stabilization to prevent Afghanistan from returning to a safe haven for terrorism. Job number one, or one of the top jobs of this administration is going to be crafting the strategy you’re asking for, not just the military piece… but across the U.S. government as a whole, working with our NATO alies, working with the Afghan government, working with international donors… all elements of national power [should be] brought] to bear. I can’t tell you what that strategy is yet. But both President-elect Obama, and Secretary Gates are committed to developing that as an early priority going forward.”
Webb, a Marine veteran of Vietnam and Navy secretary under President Reagan, remarked that, “I hope the process ends up with a clearly articulated endpoint. If you cannot clearly articulate when the commitment will be ended, then we tend to move in an ad-hoc way, staying in different places and not necessarily resolving problems in a way that fits our national interest.”
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Comment posted January 28, 2009 @ 11:42 am
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Comment posted January 28, 2009 @ 7:42 pm
Appealing to the US government official for Justice
I am a naturalized citizen of the USA. I do understand that the laws are counting me equal with other citizen in the country. But individuals are not counting me as a full citizen.
I was trying to serve my country the USA who adopted me during the hardest time of my life with wife and two children. While I was searching for job in the Army CI department the people interview; I made me look like Osama bin Laden on his paper work.
I was working on the Air force Satellite communications for many years and had security clearance (Secret) and over two years serving military war effort in Iraq. Now they are damaged my security clearance.
The US governments are accusing me to not be good citizen. I went to senator and Congress men; I am told every thing are fine but when I look for Job there are note on my interim security clearance will chase away hiring companies to consider me for the Job for over one year now.
There are no other agencies to go too. The US governments are treating me very bad; I do need help please.
I did write “Policy-designate Michele Flournoy” and asked her to hire me. I am originally from Iraq and lived in Iran’s too. I do understand the culture, religions, political structures inside out about both countries above and want to help her department but there are no way to reach these people in power.
I am writing this and hope that she and others will read my comment and start counting people like me as a citizen. I am the “naturalized citizens” and want the US Government to count me as a full citizen of the USA and give me the chance to serve in this hard time.
I hope she or her subordinate or some other people in the State department or department of defense will read this advertising of myself and will send me an email to offer me a job so I can serve my country the USA.
Thanks for any help you might provide.
Regards,
Hamma Mirwaisi
hmirwaisi@gmail.com
Jan-28-2009
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