<![CDATA[Blair's Worries Should Be Our Worries]]>

1.0 link 167163 <![CDATA[Blair's Worries Should Be Our Worries]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-tepper-marlin/blairs-worries-should-be_b_167163.html Dennis Blair, Obama's director of national intelligence, told the Senate Intelligence Committee on Friday that based on reports from the nation's 16 intelligence agencies, the global recession is now the country's top security concern.

Unrest overseas, he says, would be a threat worse than terrorism. He said:

The longer it takes for the recovery to begin, the greater the likelihood of serious damage to U.S. strategic interests.

So the Global Peace Index will take a hit in 2009. Last year,...

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