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Christina Wilkie

Dozens Of Former U.S. Officials Make Millions Advocating For Terrorist Organization

HuffingtonPost.com | Christina Wilkie | Posted 10.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The ornate ballroom of the Willard Hotel buzzed with activity on a Saturday morning in July. Crowded together on the stage sat a cadre ...

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New Video: Ret. General Anthony Zinni on Natural Resources and Security

Alliance for Global Conservation | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Conservation, Developing World, Developing Countries, Security, Anthony Zinni, National Security, Alliance for Global Conservation, Video, Green News
Alliance for Global Conservation

In a new video by the Alliance for Global Conservation, retired Marine Corps Gen. Anthony Zinni, former commander in chief of U.S. Central Command, explains how environmental degradation can lead to global instability.

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Hillary Clinton, Madame X & Rajiv Shah Release QDDR

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Anthony Zinni, Crisis Stabilization, Qddr, Development and Diplomacy, Hillary Clinton, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Rajiv Shah, Usaid, Politics News
Steve Clemons

I will be writing more soon about the just released Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, the first ever -- but wanted to post this video of...

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Guest Post: Ret. Gen. Anthony Zinni - A Healthy Environment Contributes to National Security and Peace

Alliance for Global Conservation | Posted 06.29.2011

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Alliance for Global Conservation

One would scarcely expect environmental degradation to make pirates out of regular people. But that's exactly what happened when some Somali fishermen...

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Veterans, Clean Energy, and Common Sense

Rob Perks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Perks

There's a growing consensus that one of the best things we can do to enhance our national security is to get off fossil fuels and transition to clean, home-grown energy.

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President Obama: Afghanistan Needs More Than a Military Solution

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patricia DeGennaro

The news media has an annoying tendency to focus on the symptoms, not the disease.

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Zinni Calls on Obama to Release "National Strategy Report" and for US "Smart Power" Functions to be Organized in a New Military Command

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Security Strategy, Defense Depoartment, Smart Power, Anthony Zinni, National Security, Centcom, Defense Policy, US Aid, Soft Power, Envoys, State Department, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Zinni's proposals are provocative and substantive. I have asked someone at the Department of State about possibly responding. Hopefully this will happen in the near term.

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US Ambassadors Getting Slotted By Obama Team

The Cable | Posted 05.25.2011

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As the recent Gen. Anthony Zinni case demonstrates, behind the scenes and mostly under the radar, the Obama administration is busy slotting U.S. ambas...

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Obama Foreign Policy Transition Criticized For Zinni Mess: "Amateurish"

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democratic foreign policy hands say that a senior Marine general's public frustration with Obama's top aides is a symptom of a national security trans...

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General Unloads On Obama Team: Blown Off On Iraq Job

Foreign Policy | Posted 05.25.2011

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When retired Marine Gen. Anthony Zinni told the Washington Times today that he was offered the job of U.S. ambassador to Iraq before being passed over...

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Why Obama's VP Needs to be a 4-Star General

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Evan Bayh, John McCain, November Election, Colin Powell, National Security, Anthony Zinni, Wesley Clark, Democrats, Tim Kaine, Barack Obama, Eric Shinseki, Republicans, Barack Obama VP, Obama Vice President Kaine, Obama VP, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

We are a nation at war -- why are two neophytes on the world stage, Bayh and Kaine, at the top of the list when Obama himself has zero foreign policy or national security chops?

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The Pentagon's Spin Machine

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Iraq War, Anthony Zinni, Paul Eaton, Torie Clarke, John Batiste, Media, Wesley Clark, Media Bias, Pentagon Analysts, Pentagon PR, Pentagon Propaganda, Politics News
Jon Soltz

As far as too many networks are concerned, retired senior officials with no experience in the current conflicts are more credible than the troops who actually fought in the wars.

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