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Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Yesterday on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, I had a discussion with Washington NBC Bureau Chief Mark Whitaker on the implications and political context for the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal.

It’s an interesting day when Robert Kagan, now at Brookings, is praising the President for his foreign policy and national security achievements.

Good article today in USA Today by Desmond Tutu and former US President Jimmy Carter, on behalf of The Elders who recently wrote about this same subject.

Winter Wonderland from MEA Digital on Vimeo. Next year, I’m gonna try and beat this. And if I can’t beat them, I want to join in the beach fun. But wow, this holiday e-card is great. Happy holidays in advance folks.

Vice President Joe Biden meets with U.N Special Representative for Iraq Ad Melkert, second from left, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Jan. 5, 2010.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski yet again demonstrated why he is one of the titans of foreign policy analysis with his unsentimental, clear-eyed discussion of America’s course in Afghanistan on Morning Joe this morning.

Check out this Russian military uniform fashion show. Sharp outfits. Will post-DADT Pentagon follow suit? Let’s hope so.

Excellent commentary by Michael Shank, senior policy adviser to Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA-15). Sober, serious, point by point critique of administration’s counter-insurgency strategy in Afghanistan.

Passing DADT repeal is only the beginning of a long process of bringing the Pentagon regulations and systems into conformity with the new law. This will take a while.