HEATHER LOCKLEAR & HOMELAND SECURITY: GETTING THE BRANDING RIGHT?

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TWO YEARS AGO, LE MEMORIAL DE CAEN INVITED ME TO DEBATE RICHARD PERLE on the conduct and direction of U.S. foreign policy at a star-studded event attended by about 4,000 people. The entire meeting was terrific, and on another day I will share some of the juicier moments of the exchange.

TAILHOOK PARTICIPANT NEEDS TO BE VOTED OUT OF CONGRESS

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DID YOU KNOW THAT REP. RANDY “DUKE” CUNNINGHAM (R-CA-50) was an official attendee at the scandalous 1991 Tailhook Association Meeting in Las Vegas? I had no idea that this repugnant ideologue in the House of Representatives was part of that misogynist mess.

WHAT THE SCHLESINGER REPORT MISSED: ABU GHRAIB, BARRY WINCHELL, USAF ACADEMY, OKINAWA & TAIL HOOK

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“ABUSE REPORT WIDENS SCOPE OF CULPABILITY” blares over the full top page of the Washington Post this morning. One of the subtitles reads “Generals Point to Contractors, Military Intelligence Soldiers.” The author, Josh White, writes: Gen. Paul J. Kern, Lt. Gen. Anthony R. Jones and Maj. Gen. George R.

ME-TOOISM WILL WRECK UN SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM

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AS IF THE COSTS OF THE IRAQ WAR WEREN’T HIGH ENOUGH, the battle over a new roster of permanent UN Security Council members may add to the tally. Some of America’s allies see their cooperation with America in Iraq as enhancing their bona fides for possible permanent Security Council membership.