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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity
That a black man might helm the horrendous war machine that so effectively chews up black and brown bodies is an obscenity that’s absolutely American.by Maj. Danny Sjursen, USA (ret.) Posted on
America’s first black presumptive secretary of defense grew up in the same town – Thomasville, GA – as the first black West Point graduate, Henry O. Flipper. I actually took select cadets from my civil rights history class to visit the southwest Georgia city on an academic trip in the summer of 2016. In fact, I vaguely remember the owner and namesake
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announce in advance the date when we intend to begin or end military options. we will not talk about numbers of troops. the presses was loektd a pretty clear promise that the country would not stop these wars. he settled on a strategy that keeps him from losing. lieutenant general dan bolger, why are we lost. thank you both. what is the president s goal in afghanistan as you heard it last night? his stated goal is to win a victory. that won t happen given the name of the war. it is a protracted war, aer watch attrition. oftentimes they re generational.
negotiated outcome must meet our red lines for reconciliations. insurgents must renounce violence, break all ties with al qaeda, and they must abide by the constitution of afghanistan. success in afghanistan depends on the support of afghanistan s neighbors particularly pakistan. like afghanistan s other neighbors, pakistan has legitimate interests that must be understood and addressed. and pakistan also has responsibilities. most importantly it needs to take steps to ensure that militant and extremist groups cannot continue to find safe haven in pakistani territory. pakistan has powerful incentives to do so, in 2011, some 2,000 attacks in pakistan resulted in about 2400 deaths. mr. chairman and members of the committee, thank you again for the opportunity to testify here today. we embarked on this fight more than a decade ago to ensure that the terrorist network that struck in new york, in washington, d.c., and in the skies over pennsylvania would never again be able to use