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It’s time, The Economist print edition, Oct 30th 2008.Â
 For all the shortcomings of the campaign, both John McCain and Barack Obama offer hope of national redemption.
 

Covert Forces Trumpet Successes In War On Terrorr, (Washington Times)…Claude Salhani, Oct 31, 2008.
…Covert action remains a critical instrument in the war on terror. And it is thanks to a number of covert operations that the United States, according to a high-ranking Pentagon official, has made headway in the war on terrorism.
Fighting terrorism necessitates a [...]

Security Should Be The Deciding Issue, (Wall Street Journal)…Frederick W. Kagan, Oct 31, 2008
…The inward-focus of the U.S. and the leading Western powers (Great Britain and France) throughout the 1930s allowed these problems to metastasize, ultimately leading to World War II. Is it possible that American inattention to the world in the coming years could [...]

Civilian vs. military: Who leads better, By M.Z. Hemingway, Federal Times March 6, 2007

In an OPM study that compared civilian vs. military leadership and management capabilities, the military services rate higher on leadership and defense agencies higher on management.
Researchers studying the management styles of top Defense Department executives discovered a curious thing: The heads of [...]

Government can’t do it all (or even most of it), By Cal Thomas, Oct 21, 2008.

What should be required viewing before the election is “John Stossel’s Politically Incorrect Guide to Politics,” a “20/20″ report critical of the U.S. government’s ability to get things done (www.abcnews.com). The report looked at facts, not opinions, or “feelings” concerning [...]

Trouble To The South, Washington Times …Howard Whetzel,   October 30, 2008, Pg. 21

…Iranian Hezbollah has set up training camps in Venezuela. It is expected that these “trainers” will then expand their operations, reported to be drug and weapons smuggling, and money laundering, to the countries Iran has established diplomatic relations with in the region. This is [...]

Still No. 1 (Washington Post)…Robert Kagan, October 30, 2008; Page A23
…Meanwhile, American military power is unmatched. While the Chinese and Russian militaries are both growing, America’s is growing, too, and continues to outpace them technologically. Russian and Chinese power is growing relative to their neighbors and their regions, which will pose strategic problems, but that [...]

War Threatened Over Anti-North Leaflets(Washington Times)…Jack Kim, Reuters News Agency, Oct 29, 2008.
North Korea’s military threatened on Tuesday to use everything in its arsenal to reduce South Korea to rubble unless Seoul stops civic groups from sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets into the communist state.

FBI Warns Of Cartel Arming, by Sara A. Carter, The Washington Times, October 26, 2008, Pg. 1
…”These particular types of activities by the cartels show their increased strength and the serious threat they pose to the national security in the U.S.,” the official said. “It’s not getting better but worse along the border. Unfortunately, the [...]

Atlanta Journal-Constitution, October 26, 2008

Military Talks Set To Begin

South Korea accepted a North Korean proposal to hold military talks, a Defense Ministry official said Saturday. Ties between the two countries, which are still technically at war, have soured since South Korea’s pro-U.S. president, Lee Myung-bak, took office in February with a pledge to get [...]