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Foreign Service Officer and former Marine Corps Captain Matthew Hoh resigns and his resignation letter causes a stir. “I have doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy, but my resignation is based not upon how we are pursuing this war, but why and to what end.” Me too! What’s the point again? Way [...] Feingold recommends pursuing the GWOT without occupying Afghanistan. “Announcing a flexible timetable for when our massive military presence will end would be one of the best things we could do to advance our national security interests in Afghanistan. By doing so, we would undercut the misperception of the U.S. as an occupying force that has propped [...] The Department of Defense is the latest federal government web site to get a 21st-century make-over. You can be-fan the DoD on FaceBook, follow it on Twitter, watch its YouTubes, look at its Flickr, or read the blog. I don’t see how this could possibly go wrong. If there’s one thing computers do well, it’s understand human behavior. Oh, wait, even HUMANS have a hard time understanding human behavior. “In a new request for research proposals aimed at small businesses, the Pentagon says it wants technology that would “enable accurate forecasting of a given [...] Wired’s Danger Room reports on a forthcoming report from the National Defense University about integrating social networking philosophies into the military. Wired’s conclusion – “it actually makes some sense,” and “makes some smart, if basic, suggestions for how government types might uses the tools.” Four key points the report covers are: 1. Inward Sharing – [...] |
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