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“The collapse of the Libyan state has had region-wide repercussions, with flows of people and weapons destabilizing other countries throughout North Africa.” This statement came from the Soufan Group’s 24 January 2020 Intelligence brief, entitled “Fighting Over Access to Libya’s Energy Supplies”.
Lawrence Wilkerson, retired United States Marine Colonel said that on 10 September 2015, President Barak Obama told him and several others assembled in the White House’s Roosevelt Room that “There’s a bias in Washington, DC toward war,” almost seven years into his presidency. At the time, Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson and others thought President Obama was thinking particularly of the tragic mistake he made by joining the intervention in Libya in 2011, ostensibly implementing United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973. President Obama’s Secretary of State, John Kerry, had been rather outspoken at the time about heavier United States p
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Procurement is one of the least diverse corporate functions, Gartner’s Labor Market Survey released this month found, Supply Chain Dive reported.
The survey evaluated 21 corporate departments while analyzing responses from more than 25,000 employees. It found that procurement was the second-least diverse, with about 8% of respondents identifying as people of color. Sales (B2C) came in lowest at 7%. Meanwhile, 14% of supply chain/logistics professionals and 44% of communications professionals identified as people of color, the article said.
Companies have added a focus to cultivating diverse suppliers, but procurement departments haven’t quite caught up. The article said it comes down to senior leadership to have the buy-in.