Inside the new ForeignPolicy.com
Michael Calderone's Blog — ... Now both are embarking on a new act, with Ricks joining Foreign Policy as a contributing editor and author of the site's new "The Best Defense" blog. ...

Blogosphere PSA
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Dan Drezner, Marc Lynch, Tom Ricks, David Rothkopf, and Stephen Walt have fancy new digs at Foreign Policy. ...

Hated Crusaders Falling!
Jules Crittenden — ... require a sustained, substantial commitment. That commitment needs to be extended to Pakistan as well, though Pakistan does have large, well-developed security institutions and its leaders are determined to employ their own forces in dealing with the significant extremist challenges that threaten their country. Foreign Policy has undergone an online makeover, by the way, and is now in partnership with the most excellent  Small Wars Journal . Its Passport blogs include Tom Ricks , former WPost scribbler and author of “ Fiasco: The American Military Adventure ...

Hated Crusaders Quagmired!
Jules Crittenden — ... require a sustained, substantial commitment. That commitment needs to be extended to Pakistan as well, though Pakistan does have large, well-developed security institutions and its leaders are determined to employ their own forces in dealing with the significant extremist challenges that threaten their country. Foreign Policy has undergone an online makeover, by the way, and is now in partnership with the most excellent  Small Wars Journal . Its Passport blogs include Tom Ricks , former WPost scribbler and author of “ Fiasco: The American Military Adventure ...

Infidels Quagmired!
Jules Crittenden — ... require a sustained, substantial commitment. That commitment needs to be extended to Pakistan as well, though Pakistan does have large, well-developed security institutions and its leaders are determined to employ their own forces in dealing with the significant extremist challenges that threaten their country. Foreign Policy has undergone an online makeover, by the way, and is now in partnership with the most excellent  Small Wars Journal . Its Passport blogs include Tom Ricks , former WPost scribbler and author of “ Fiasco: The American Military Adventure ...

New MilBlogger
Mudville Gazette — Tom Ricks finds the term "good war" offensive. I think he'll be offended a lot in the coming years.

The Gamble
Jules Crittenden — [image] « Brave New World The Gamble The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 Tom Ricks, now blogging at Foreign Policy ,* has a new one coming out. T he Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008 :  Thomas E. Ricks uses hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with top officers in Iraq and extraordinary on-the-ground reportage to document the inside story of the Iraq War since late 2005 as only he can, examining the events that took place as ...

Weather Delay
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Gratuitous Frog-Bashing
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Handwringage Alert
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Disturbing A Funeral
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You Say Hybrid War, I Say Von Clausewitz
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A difficult road still ahead in Iraq
Daimnation! — Thomas Ricks, one of the leading American journalists covering military matters, warns against thinking it's pretty clear sailing from now on--and that the US still has heavy responsibilities: Layoff notices, bank failures and plummeting stock markets seem to fill every minute of our newscasts and every corner of our consciences. What a time to be selling a book with this cheery thesis: The disastrous war in Iraq probably must continue to prevent further disaster. You'd have to be hopelessly out of touch, a tad delusional -- or a ...

Liking Us Better
Jules Crittenden — ... Sisu small dead animals snapped shot soldiers angels germany solomonia Steyn stop the aclu strange women lying in ponds tao of defiance The Blog The Dissident Frogman The Future of News The Last of the Few the nose on your face the other side of kim The Remittance Man The Torch theospark Thunder Run tigerhawk tim blair tizona Tom Ricks Tuscan Tony victory caucus villainous company vodkapundit ...

A Bullet-Proof Character
Flopping Aces — ... 2007 in the downtown area of Baghdad, Iraq. General Petraeus is implementing a new plan for the American effort in Iraq, which relies heavily on frequent contact with normal Iraqis in the streets. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images) Of further interest: Transcript to Thomas Rick’s two-part interview with Hugh Hewitt: Part One Part Two At Foreign Policy: In Other Words (Examining Ricks’ recent book) Tom Ricks’ Blog- The Best Defense Shadow Government (a blog about U.S. ...

A Nation’s Loss
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Ever Wonder …
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Just Ask Don
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Anthrocool
Jules Crittenden — ... Sisu small dead animals snapped shot soldiers angels germany solomonia Steyn stop the aclu strange women lying in ponds tao of defiance The Blog The Dissident Frogman The Future of News The Last of the Few the nose on your face the other side of kim The Remittance Man The Torch theospark Thunder Run tigerhawk tim blair tizona Tom Ricks Tuscan Tony victory caucus villainous company vodkapundit ...

Stinker Of A Decision
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IDF Has a Whack At Sudan
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Axis Of Evil
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Massachusetts Tea Party
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Cousin Rusty
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Swampland Has A New Look!
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The Health Care Push
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The Uncertain Future of Iraq
Flopping Aces — ... Also, although I disagree with him politically on perspective, check out Thomas Ricks’ blog for his series of entries, Iraq the Unraveling (his latest, ...

The Week That Was
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Health Reform: Euthanasia and Other Rumors
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The Week That Was
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Fallows on Newspapers
Matthew Yglesias — ... is invited to check out the whole chapter on the death-spiral of infotainment in Breaking the News. That all seems about right to me. It’s also worth noting that though Ricks’ departure from the Post certainly counts as a major loss to that organization, that it’s not as if Ricks or his insights has vanished from the planet. The Washington Post Company owns Foreign Policy now which boasts an excellent website that includes a really good blog by Tom Ricks. He’s also a senior fellow at the influential Center ...

Tom Ricks Unleashed (Media Criticism Department)
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... : It’s also worth noting that though Ricks’ departure from the Post certainly counts as a major loss to that organization, that it’s not as if Ricks or his insights has vanished from the planet.... Foreign Policy... includes a really good blog by Tom Ricks. He’s also a senior fellow at the influential ...

Early Notice: Thomas E. Ricks at the Pritzker Military Library on September 10, 2009.
Chicago Boyz — ... will be in Chicago at the Pritzker Military Library to discuss this most recent book The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008. The event will be free and open to the public. Ricks is the author of the widely-acclaimed book Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, e.g. this review. Ricks is a senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. Ricks has a blog, The Best Defense. I hope to read The Gamble before the date, and I plan to attend the ...

And In Other News
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Re: Public Droption
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Choose Your Own Health Care Reform Adventure
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Obama's Russian Muddle
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Iran Nuke Talks? Well, Maybe Not
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Ted Kennedy: The Art of the Deal
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The Senior Senator from Massachusetts
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Seniors, Health Reform and the AARP
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The Latest Computer Virus?
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Obama's Health Care Speech: The Day After
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CBO Scores The Baucus Plan
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Today in Afghanistan
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The Baucus Bill: A Primer
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Snapshot from the Senate Finance Committee Markup
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Snapshot From The Senate Finance Committee
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Book buzz: Counterinsurgency from the Civil War to Iraq
The Cable — ... The conference's keynote speaker will be none other than Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command. Other speakers include retired lieutenant colonel and president of the Center For a New American Security John Nagl, CNAS fellow and ForeignPolicy.com blogger Tom Ricks, and National Defense University's retired Lt. Gen. David Barno, who headed up U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan from 2003 to 2005. ...

The Week That Was
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Good News/Bad News: CBO on Baucus Bill
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CNAS signs up Schmitt and Shanker
The Cable — ... networks and a healthier appreciation of their deadly resiliency," Schmitt said in an e-mail. CNAS, which has been a feeder for national security and foreign-policy positions in the Obama administration, has been expanding its ranks steadily. Recent acquisitions include Richard Fontaine, former national security advisor to John McCain, the National Defense University's Patrick Cronin, and former writer in residence and fellow FP blogger Tom Ricks. Other past CNAS writers include the Times' David ...

Obama's Secret Role in the Iran Talks
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UPDATE: Nonsense
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UPDATE: Public Option Smoke Signals
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Expectations Game
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What's Ahead for Health Reform in the Senate
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Democrat v. Democrat
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Warmal Gloating
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Abortion, Women's Health and Health Reform
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