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Proposal Circulates on New Civilian-Military Agency « The Washington Independent
washingtonindependent.com - 11/3/2009
Proposal Circulates on New Civilian-Military Agency « The Washington Independent
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As the United States’ special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, Stuart Bowen has blown the whistle on millions of dollars worth of waste, fraud and abuse. But one of his final acts in the job will be to address something more fundamental: the way U.S. civilian officials interact with ...
mudvillegazette.com - 24 days ago
Not just the "Chair Force"
— mudvillegazette.com — [This is a revised post from last year] When it comes to the participation in Iraq and... Afghansitan, I don't think the Air Force receives the respect that it deserves. With jokes like "the Chair Force", "Air Farce", etc. " One team, one mission!" "One over all!" While we don't see or ... (more) Not just the "Chair Force"

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/30/2009
Brian Williams From Afghanistan: How Kabul Changed Overnight, What The Troops Think, & Why He ...
— huffingtonpost.com — "NBC Nightly News" anchor and managing editor Brian Williams conducted an e-mail Q&A; with the Huffington Post... from Afghanistan, where he has been reporting from since Wednesday. Williams wrote his responses to the Huffington Post's questions Friday ... (more) Brian Williams From Afghanistan: How Kabul Changed ...

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themoderatevoice.com - 24 days ago
Afghanistan: Blame Game instead of Great Game?
— themoderatevoice.com — Who is to blame that we are not winning in Afghanistan? Karzai, Obama, NATO, the Europeans, or... Jimmy Carter again? Afghanistan’s President Karzai was criticized a lot lately. Now the Wall Street Journal ’s Bret Stephens comes to his defense and puts the blame on NATO. He makes the ... (more) Afghanistan: Blame Game instead of Great Game?

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The Cable:  The real State-Defense turf war begins

Firedoglake:  New Hybrid Military-State Dept. Agency Proposed: Blessing or Boondoggle?

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The real State-Defense turf war begins
The Cable — ... The State Department's Inspector General for Iraqi Reconstruction Stuart Bowen has his own idea of how to sort this all out. He has drafted a full proposal for what he calls a "Center for Complex Operations," which would be a civil-military organization inside the federal government that would be in charge of coordinating everything from reconstruction projects to economic development, to political reconciliation wherever the U.S. military is deployed. ...

New Hybrid Military-State Dept. Agency Proposed: Blessing or Boondoggle?
Firedoglake — ... But this is exactly what the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Scott Bowen is trying to do, now that operations in Iraq are winding down. Bowen submitted a proposal yesterday which recommends creation of ...

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