Central Command

CENTCOM's Digital Diplomacy

Philip Seib | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Diplomacy, Defense Department, Central Command, Public Diplomacy, State Department, Farsi, Centcom, World News
Philip Seib

In Tampa, a team of fluent Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu speaking civilians comb through online forums in their respective languages, where they're looking for incendiary commentary about the U.S. military.

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You Have 20 Days to Get Out of Town

David Isenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Private Military Contractor, Central Command, Kellog Brown and Root, Iraq, Business News
David Isenberg

All contractors in Iraq have 20 days to send home third country nationals whose countries prohibit travel to Iraq. This includes among others, the Philippines and Nepal. This is not a trivial matter.

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Does the $1 Trillion Key to Winning the Afghan War Lie Under the Sand?

Sam Sedaei | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Hamid Karzai, Usaid, Commodities, Lithium, Afghanistan, Nato, Central Command, Opium, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Aghan Poppy Crop, Taliban, World News
Sam Sedaei

A small group of Pentagon and USAID officials and American geologists may have found the biggest single solution to permanently transforming Afghanistan's economy and winning the struggle against Taliban.

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Weapons of Mass Influence - Undermining Terrorism - An Interview With Jerrold M. Post

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President Obama, War on Terror, Weapons of Mass Influence, Osama Bin Laden, General David Petraeus, Ayman Al-Zawahiri, Terrorist, Hamas, Dick Cheney, Psychological Operations, Overseas Contingency Operations, Psychological Operations and Counter Terrorism, Secretary Clinton, Argentina, State Terrorism, Terrorists, Human Bombs, Nashra Hassan, Jerrold M. Post, Muammar Qadaffi, Politics, Man Caused Disasters, Al-Qaeda, Ariel Merari, Bin Laden, Barack Obama, Hilary Clinton, Central Command, The Mind of a Terrorist, Saddam Hussein, The Junta, Afghanistan, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, Cen Comm, Psyop, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

Dr. Post offers a step-by-step approach for political, military and ideological actions to induce behavioral, emotional and attitudinal changes to manage and minimize a "war" we just can't win.

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The Term "Man Caused Disasters" Sounds Weak, but the "War on Terror" Has Always Been Weaker

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drugs, Mexican Drug Cartel, Osama Bin Laden Capture, War on Terrorism, Ronald Reagan, War on Terror, Osama Bin Laden, Global Contingency Operations, Civil Rights Legislation, U.S., American Democracy, War on Terror Oxymoron, World, World News, Politics News, Arabs, Middle East, Homeland Security Secretary, Subnational Groups, Terrorists, Overseas Contigency Operations, Terror, The Homeland, Clandestine Agents Obama Administration, African Americans, Mexico's Drug War, Obama 44, Homeland Security, Politics, Man Caused Disasters, Mexico, Bush 43, U.S. International Law, America's Psyche, Republican Clerics, Barack Obama, Warfare, War on Poverty, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Central Command, Muslims, Racial Profiling, Lyndon B. Johnson, Janet Napolitano, Republicans, War on Drugs, Poverty, Patriotism, Nationalism, World News
Yvonne R. Davis

President Obama knows the United States has been losing these wars and also knows the terrible impact these wars have had on a group of people when they are labeled and targeted.

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Obama in the Tank

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pentagon, Al Qaeda, Ray Odierno, Pakistan, David Petraeus, Joe Biden, Iraq, Soviet Union, General Jim Jones, Iran, Central Command, Barack Obama, Central Asia, Russia, Taliban, Afghanistan, The Tank, Gen. David Petraeus, Dmitri Medvedev, Bob Gates, Chechnya, Vladimir Putin, George W. Bush, Marine Corps, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Manchurian Candidate, Politics News
William Bradley

While most eyes were on the then impending vote on Obama's economic revival program, the new president ventured out to the Pentagon for his first meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff yesterday.

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Obama and His Commanders

William Bradley | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Joe Biden, Taliban, Central Command, National Security Adviser Jim Jones, West Point, Mike Mullen, David Petraeus, Bob Gates, Jim Jones, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Geopolitics, Iraq, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Missile Strikes, 100 Days, Politics News
William Bradley

Now we're into one of the most fascinating parts of the new Obama administration: President Obama's relationship with America's military commanders.

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Fallon Resigns As Mideast Military Chief

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William Fallon, Central Command, Centcom, Centcom Chief Fallon, Fallon Iran War, Fallon Resigns, Iran War, Fallon Iran, Fallon Bush, Fallon Esquire, Politics News

"The top U.S. military commander for the Middle East resigned Tuesday amid speculation about a rift over U.S. policy in Iran," the AP reports. Defens...

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