John mccall, tni looking forward to the authority, came up with the idea of essentially a two battalion u. S. Force. One kind is based in kabul with the assets to ensure that mobility. And the other battalion deployed in the key provincial centers. Kandahar, sharif, herat. Kind of a company of a level plus, very able to hold their ground against any likely force. If there was a serious challenge, you had the airmobile battalion set to go in and really kick some posterior. So two battalions. We send our messages to london and washington. Four hours later i had my response which was crocker, go sit under a tree until this insanity passes from you. There is no way we are going to send two battalions into afghanistan. I just think it was a very long time before we realized what we were up against. I believe as has been exaggerated that because of iraq, afghanistan suffered. I believe that because of erratic, at least during my period as ambassador, i was to a degree successful in increasin
In part, the food and medical products that American Consumers and patients use in their daily lives. Nearly 40 of finish drugs americans consume today are made elsewhere, and 80 of the active pharmaceuticals in those drugs are manufactured outside our borders. For the food supply, the numbers are equally startling. More than 85 of seafood that is eaten here comes from other countries. About 50 of our fresh food and 20 of our fresh vegetables, and these changing dynamics obviously introduce new complexities, new risks for American Consumers, as these products follow increasingly complex Global Supply chains to get to your table. And your kitchen cupboard. We can no longer rely on simple inspections at the border to track the products that are coming through. The volume has quadrupled over the last decade. We have introduced new hightech riskbased screening systems of the borders to allow us to target on the most vulnerable commodities, the ones with the highest risk. We really have to
Loren Goldner's detailed account and analysis of the Bolivian Revolutionary Nationalist Movement (MNR) which was the key player in the 1952 national revolution, and which was supported by the left despite its pro-fascist, corporatist tendencies.