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Janine Davidson on Civilian-Military Integration

By | 02.18.09 | 6:09 pm

Just as soon as I finish blogging about how probable-new-Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Janine Davidson is all about smoother civilian-military cooperation, she goes and proves the point at Small Wars Journal by publishing a speech she recently gave to the Combined Arms Center at Ft. Leavenworth, one More…

More Counterinsurgents Join the Obama Pentagon

By | 02.18.09 | 5:06 pm

A couple of months ago, as part of my counterinsurgency series, I pointed out that an impressive number of women were in positions of leadership in the emergent defense field. What continues to be impressive is that a lot of them have gone into the Obama administration. Michele Flournoy, More…

Live From A Huge Foreign-Policy Confab

By | 01.08.09 | 8:52 am

I’m in one of the two massive ballrooms of the Washington Convention Center, where in a few minutes, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is going to present a tour of the foreign-policy horizon. That’ll kick off a day-long event sponsored by the U.S. Institute of Peace called More…