- NATO
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Break
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would not be surprised to see Syria break apart entirely.
- Every Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Thinklogical's systems play a key role in the delivery and visualization of mission critical data used every day by military and intelligence communities worldwide.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I get up, the first thing I do is open up Gmail and check my personal email.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a huge consumer of social networks, and I utilize Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. I'm interested and am learning more about Tumblr and other visually dominant sites.
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to gravitate toward reporters who cover all aspects of the story: from personal aspects to the big picture that answer the 'so what' of a story.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never been in a 'Twitter fight,' though I've witnessed my fair share. I do enjoy vigorous and informed debate, but the benefit is lost when the exchange becomes a series of petty ad hominem attacks. I don't see much value in it.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's the third largest nation in the world after China and India? It's the Facebook nation - 430 million people on Facebook.
- Empires
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some have called Afghanistan 'the graveyard of empires,' and it probably is the graveyard of empires.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think anyone would look at Colombia today and say that it is failing. This positive outcome is an example of the effective application of smart power - it is succeeding.
- Pose
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- Nov 07, 2020
In any insurgency there will be people who are irreconcilable and who pose a clear and present threat to the U.S. and our allies.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can't kill your way to success in a counter insurgency effort. You have to protect the people, get the civil military balance right, train the locals, and practice effective strategic communications.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eighty-five percent cannot read when they enter the security forces of Afghanistan. Why? Because the Taliban withheld education during the period of time in which these men and women would have learned to read.
- Grandfather
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his way to the United States.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew early I wanted to follow my father into the military. He did a full 30-year career and retired as a full colonel in the Marines after graduating from Allentown H.S. and later from Cornell University.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
After 37 years in the Navy, there were no further jobs in uniform, and it was my time to transition. But I wanted to continue to mentor and educate young people, which is, of course, a big part of being a senior officer in the military.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are excellent at launching Tomahawk missiles; we need to get better at launching ideas.
- Enemies
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 20th century, we built a lot of walls - we endlessly tried to build walls between us and people we perceived, correctly or incorrect, as our enemies. In the 21st century, because of the advent of networks, the free movement of goods and people across the globe, we need to build security by building bridges instead of building walls.
- Clear
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- Nov 07, 2020
The NATO treaty is crystal clear on this one: An attack on one nation shall be regarded as an attack on all of them.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
During the early 1990s, Mexico's domestic political sensitivities meant that it rarely extradited people who had committed crimes in the U.S. After NAFTA, extradition numbers began to increase until they surpassed 100 a year in the late 2000s.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Front-line officials, including DEA agents, border patrol and other homeland-security professionals, should remind Mr. Trump how important Mexico's assistance is in achieving his national-security goals.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Controlling President Trump seems incredibly difficult.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
Getting enough sleep makes us better family members, friends, lovers, drivers, writers, cooks, and pretty much everything else that is of importance in our lives.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I spent much of my life - almost 40 years - as a military officer. My specialty was in the part of the Navy that operates ocean-going ships, and as a result, I was at sea for many months at a time.
- Nov 07, 2020
Rested commanders are the best commanders.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems Russians hacked into emails from both the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee and then chose to release only the DNC emails. These attacks destabilize and undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral process, and they must be addressed in a serious and proportional way - just as we would for a non-cyberattack.
- CIA
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- Nov 07, 2020
Internal fights between various agencies, i.e. between the CIA and FBI, are highly counterproductive.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
As cyberweapons and cyberattacks increase in scale and intensity, it will be difficult to defend against them all.
- Process
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we discover through a thorough and unbiased investigation that Russia has indeed attacked our electoral process directly with the intent to influencing the process, our response needs to be robust, rapid, and proportional. This will shape our relationship with Russia profoundly.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
As a 4-star admiral, I visited over a hundred U.S. embassies all around the world, and I never failed to see lines of locals seeking visas to our nation.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020