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Category: National Defense

Stop treating war-crazy buffoons as experts! They got it wrong, remember?

June 17th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

The disaster they helped create is so urgent, they claim, that we can’t waste time arguing about why the disaster exists in the first place.

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They were wrong then and they’re wrong now

June 12th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

Neoconservatives who were in charge of setting and selling national policy during the Bush years have been coming out of the woodwork this week to

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Bowe Bergdahl said he was tortured, kept in a cage by Taliban

June 8th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

It would have been offensive and incomprehensible to consciously leave an American behind, no matter what, to leave an American behind in the hands of

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France’s President offers a toast to a long and fruitful alliance with Britain

June 6th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

I lift my glass to the great British people, ally and friend of the French people. — French President Francois Hollande, offering a toast at

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Republicans were for bringing Bowe Bergdahl home before they were against it

June 4th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

Republicans were for bringing Bowe Bergdahl home before they were against it Some Republicans are backing away from their initial praise of Bowe Bergdahl’s release,

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Department of Defense says the climate crisis is a threat to world peace, national defense

May 13th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, Our Environment

The department certainly agrees that climate change is having an impact on national security, whether by increasing global instability, by opening the Arctic or by

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Boston Marathon 2014: For twenty-six miles, the cheers filled the air

April 21st, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense

Boston Marathon 2014: For twenty-six miles, the cheers filled the air The Boston Globe’s Eric Moskowitz reports on the 2014 Boston Marathon, which drew the

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Ron Wyden calls former CIA Director’s attack on Senator Feinstein outrageous

April 7th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Civil Liberties, Core Topics, National Defense

General Hayden unfortunately has a long history of misleading the American public – he did it on domestic surveillance when he was the head of

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NATO general says he sees potent Russian threat

April 2nd, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

NATO general says he sees potent Russian threat The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s top military commander, General Philip Breedlove, assesses Russia’s intentions and capabilities in

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President Obama asks all Americans to pray for Washingtonians affected by mudslide

March 25th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense

I would just ask all Americans to send their thoughts and prayers to Washington State and the community of Oso, and the families and friends

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Thanks, California! Golden State sends firefighters to help with mudslide response

March 25th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Breaking News, Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning

Thanks, California! Golden State sends firefighters to help with mudslide response Eighteen firefighters from California left for the Pacific Northwest last night to help respond

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Washington’s state geologist: “This is one of the biggest landslides I’ve seen”

March 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning

This is one of the biggest landslides I’ve seen… There is still some movement on the landslide, and so that is something that we’re trying

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Aerial view of the Stillaguamish River and SR 530 after the March 22nd, 2014 landslide

March 24th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning
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Baltic nations thankful to be part of NATO as crisis in Ukraine deepens

March 18th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, World Community

It’s good to be in NATO right now. — Kadri Liik, an Estonian analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations, commenting on Russia’s takeover

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Aviation security analyst: Get rid of the on/off switch for aircraft transponders

March 17th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense, Public Planning

In the movies, radar screens show incredible detail about everything. In real life, radar is easily confused, doesn’t see small planes, and may have trouble

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Major General Paul D. Eaton: Dick Cheney has no right to criticize Obama’s defense policy

February 27th, 2014 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, National Defense

Sirius XM Progress: Major General Paul D. Eaton, who served more than 30 years in the United States Army in combat and post-combat assignments in

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