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    At Stanford, Debate Brews Over Reviving ROTC Program on Campus

    Apr 25, 2011 10:30 PM EDT

    ... when Former Secretary of Defense William Perry, who now teaches at Stanford, and others proposed bring ROTC back into the academic fold. WILLIAM PERRY, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense: Having the mixture of the ROTC students with the rest of the students was a good thing, I thought. It ...

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    Q&A With Military Historian: Relieving Generals 'Rare' in Time of War

    Jun 23, 2010 07:45 PM EDT

    President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that he accepted Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation as the top commander in Afghanistan, over critical comments he made in a Rolling Stone article, and would replace him with Gen. David Petraeus, currently head of U.S. Central Command. Petraeus will need Senate confirmation. In ...

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    Deborah Eisenberg, Writer and MacArthur Winner

    Oct 20, 2009 04:00 PM EDT

    ... that as hard as one might try to be a completely private person, it’s out of the question at this moment, for those of us who live in the U.S., both in reality and in our consciousness. So no, I don’t go about actually researching unless I ...

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    New Attacks Add Gravity to Afghan Strategy Review

    Oct 05, 2009 04:00 AM EDT

    ... the U.S. Army and prominent advocate of the surge in Iraq during the Bush administration, and retired Army Colonel Andrew Bacevich fought in the Vietnam War. He's now a professor of international relations at Boston University. His latest book is "The Limits of Power: The End of American ...

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    Cindy McCain Stresses Service, Details Personal Story

    Sep 05, 2008 02:00 AM EDT

    ... humbling. Your forgiveness is healing. You are my hero.Forgiveness is not just a personal issue: it's why John led the effort to normalize relations with Vietnam ... to retrieve the remains of our MIAs... to bring closure to both sides.That's leadership - national leadership. And it's leading ...

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    Marine tilt-rotor aircraft set for deployment despite problems

    Jul 18, 2007 10:25 PM EDT

    ... fly like a conventional airplane. General James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps, made the decision to send Osprey to Iraq.GEN. JAMES CONWAY, Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps: It's not the next-generation aircraft. It is a technological leap. It is pushing the envelope of science to be ...

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    Experts Discuss Global Democracy

    Jul 04, 2007 10:20 PM EDT

    ... for the first time since the Cold War, from China to Russia to Venezuela, there are competing ideologies and systems proclaiming themselves in opposition to U.S.-style democracy.Freedom House, a nonpartisan group that tracks the progress of democracy around the globe, described the current situation as "stagnation." It ...

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    Historian Discusses Book on President Nixon, Henry Kissinger

    May 21, 2007 10:45 PM EDT

    JUDY WOODRUFF: From Vietnam to the open-door policy with China, and of course Watergate, the tumultuous years of the Nixon White House had a profound effect on the modern presidency. But behind the scenes, it was the interaction between Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, his national security adviser and ...

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    Sen. Webb Offers the Democratic Response to the State of the Union

    Jan 24, 2007 03:00 AM EDT

    In his response to President Bush's State of the Union address, Sen. James Webb, D-Va., outlines his party's response, stressing the need to help the middle class through fairer tax policies and criticizing the president's handling of the war in Iraq. The following is the full text of his remarks.

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    Pentagon Orders Iraqi Troops to Be Retrained

    Jun 01, 2006 10:25 PM EDT

    Army Gen. George W. Casey ordered all U.S. and allied troops to undergo training in battlefield ethics and values. The order follows allegations that U.S. Marines murdered 24 Iraqi civilians in Haditha last November.