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Live blog: Where is national security policy headed?

by Jessica Binsch | Jun 10, 2010 | National Security

The Center for a New American Security, a non-partisan think tank based in Washington that focuses on U.S. security policy, is gathering experts and policy makers for its fourth annual conference. Panels and speakers will cover a range of topics from the war in...

Need to unify national security policy apparent, but steps to getting there are not

by Jessica Binsch | Jun 10, 2010 | National Security

By Jessica Binsch/MNS James Locher III takes notes at a hearing of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee while Gordon Adams and John Pendleton (left) listen to a comment from James Thompson. Locher called on the president to take action to better sync the...

Congressional report: More officers need civilian graduate degrees

by Jessica Binsch | Jun 9, 2010 | National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON – A recent congressional report on professional military education argues for a broad educational basis to foster critical thinking, and military educators say that means more officers should have master’s degrees or doctorates. “The [operational and...

Building an ‘intellectual surge’

by Jessica Binsch | Jun 9, 2010 | National Security, Topics

Military schools grapple with challenge of educating strategic thinkers in wartime WASHINGTON – To handle the increasingly complex challenges of operations like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army is sending its next generation of strategic thinkers to...

Robert Blake oversees U.S. relations with troubled South and Central Asian region

by Jessica Binsch | Jun 8, 2010 | National Security

As Assistant Secretary of State for for the region, Robert Blake helps shape U.S. policy with South and Central Asia, home to countries such as Afghanistan, India and Bangladesh. He works with Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, make sure...
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