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EVERYONE. WELCOME AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. MY NAME IS RICHARD FONTAINE, PRESIDENT OF THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN SECURITY. A PLEASURE TO WELCOME YOU...
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| 00:02:49 |
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THAT KIND INTRODUCTION. THEY THINK YOU. A HUGE SUPPORTER OF FOREIGN POLICY AS WE EMBARK ON THIS PROJECT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH....
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| 00:04:24 |
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YES. THERE IS NOT ENOUGH GOING ON. BUT THE BOOK IS NOT SIMPLY A BRIEF FOR FIRING MORE GENERALS. IT IS A BRIEF FOR ACCOUNTABILITY IF YOU HOLD PEOPLE...
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| 00:05:38 |
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THE EXAMPLE. THAT CLEARLY IS SOME OF THE CONTEXT THAT INFORMS, ALTHOUGH IT IS A WORK OF HISTORY GOING BACK TO WORLD WAR II AND UP TO THE PRESENT DATE....
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| 00:05:57 |
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FOR DIFFERENT RANKS. [LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S EXACTLY
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| 00:06:01 |
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RIGHT. THAT'S NOT IN THE BOOK, I DON'T THINK. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE -- HAVE BEEN HELD TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DISASTROUS SETBACKS THAT THE U.S. MILITARY...
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| 00:06:17 |
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NONE REALLY. A STUNNING THING TO ME IS A GOOD TRIVIA QUESTION. WHO IS THE LAST HOUR DIVISION COMMANDER TO LEAD A COMBAT EFFECTIVENESS? AS FAST AS I...
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| 00:06:57 |
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WANT YOU TO STEP BACK FOR A SECOND AND GIVE PEOPLE A REAL SENSE OF WHY YOU WROTE THE BOOK, WHO THE HEROES ARE, BUT JUST QUICKLY FIRST BECAUSE THIS...
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| 00:07:31 |
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TOLERATE INCOMPETENCE YOU HAVE AN INCOMPETENT ORGANIZATION. WHAT YOU WANT IS NOT TO FIRE PEOPLE FOR THE SAKE OF FIRING. YOU WANT TO FIRE PEOPLE WHO...
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| 00:09:24 |
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THAT REALLY WE HAVE A MUCH MORE PROFESSIONAL ARMY ANNULLED POST WORLD WAR ONE FORCE THAT MARSHALL HAD AN URGENT IMPERATIVE TO TURN INTO REAL FIGHTING...
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| 00:09:53 |
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TO FIRE A FAILURE. AND I THINK YOU REALLY WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE THE BEST LEADERS TO YOU CAN FIND. THIS IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH FOR THE TROOPS....
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| 00:10:52 |
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TESTIMONY OF THE GERMAN OFFICERS UP TO THE WAR? THEY FOUND THAT THE AMERICANS ARE LEARNING MORE QUICKLY. >> BYNUM
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| 00:10:59 |
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LITTLE BIT SUSPECT OF THE GERMAN OFFICERS. YOU GUYS ARE KICKING BUTT, YOU KNOW. [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, ONE GRAY OBSERVATION
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| 00:11:10 |
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IN THE SECTION ON WORLD WAR TO IS THAT THERE IS AN INCREDIBLE SPEED WITH WHICH THIS IS PLAYING OUT WHICH BEARS REPEATING TO THIS AUDIENCE BECAUSE IT...
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| 00:11:37 |
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THE TIME WE BEGAN FIGHTING EFFECTIVELY WE HAVE BEEN THERE LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT WORLD WAR TWO. IT WAS ABOUT FOUR YEARS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY HAVE AN...
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| 00:12:08 |
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SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO STRIKING, AN IMPORTANT THING, YOU DO MAKE A DIRECT LINK BETWEEN BAD LEADERS AND WHEN THINGS REALLY GO RIGHT. YOU TALK ABOUT...
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| 00:12:31 |
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JUST ROTATING IN. ALMOST MINDLESSLY. CASUAL AREAS OF U.S. MILITARY. IT IS STRIKING, FOR EXAMPLE. WE HAVE 11 COMMANDERS IN AFGHANISTAN AND 11 YEARS....
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| 00:13:39 |
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NO. ACTUALLY, A LOT OF MISTAKES. THEY NEEDED TO MAKE MISTAKES. EISENHOWER BY THE WAY AT ONE POINT IN AFRICA THOUGHT HE MIGHT BE RELEASED. SENT A...
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| 00:14:01 |
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CRITIQUES THAT I HAVE SEEN ABOUT YOUR PRESCRIPTION TO THE BOOK. WELL, IF THEY WANT US TO FIRE MORE GENERALS, DOESN'T MEAN HE DOES NOT TOLERATE MISTAKES?...
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| 00:14:22 |
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TO BE DIVISION COMMANDERS IN COMBAT IN THE ARMY IN WORLD WAR TWO. THIS IS AFTER MANY HURDLES BEFORE THAT. MARSHALL PLAN OF 600 SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE...
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| 00:16:19 |
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WORK. YOU KNOW, AND ONE. THEIR MEETING. BUT CAMRY WILL COME SEE MARSHALL. SEPTEMBER 10th 1944 -- I'M SORRY, BUT, IT WILL BEAT KITE SAID HE FLIES...
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WOULD HAVE ENDED ABOUT WHAT THE BRITISH. >> SO AFTER WORLD
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| 00:17:31 |
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WAR II ARE THERE ANY HEROES ARE IS A LONG STORY OF DECLINE? >> THERE ARE REAL
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| 00:17:37 |
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HEROES. THE KOREAN WAR BRINGS TO OTHER PERSONS. ONE IS MATTHEW RIDGWAY, PROBABLY MARSHALS THE PROTEGE. BEGAN WORLD WAR II AS IS MORNING BRIEFER, BRIEFING...
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| 00:20:30 |
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YOU RAISE THIS BECAUSE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT READ THE BOOK, THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST GRIPPING AND STILL, I THINK I RECOGNIZE STORY. THIS PART...
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| 00:20:54 |
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ACCUSED OF BEING PARTIAL. IS IT JUST THAT THE ARMY PRODUCES MORE BAD GENERALS? PRESS THE ARMY AND MARINE CORPS ARE VERY DIFFERENT. I THINK THE MARINE...
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| 00:23:38 |
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THE STORIES OF VIETNAM, A ROCK, AFGHANISTAN TO A LESSER EXTENT, I THINK THAT IS REALLY WHERE THIS QUESTION OF POLITICS AND CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT VERSES...
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| 00:24:31 |
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LOSES BECAUSE THE PENTAGON SAYS TO RIDGWAY, YOU ARE GOING TO EMBARRASS US AND CONGRESS IS GOING TO START ASKING NASTY QUESTIONS, SO DRIZZLE ONE OF...
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| 00:26:24 |
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TO EVEN HAVE DINNER. >> DID NOT LIKE HAVING
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| 00:26:27 |
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DINNER WITH HIM. REFUSE TO LAUGH AT HIS JOKES. REFERS TO HIM AS GEORGE. HE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT HIS NAME IS GENERAL MARSHALL. AND THE FIRST TIME THAT...
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| 00:29:51 |
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AND THAT IS WHERE WANT TO COME RIGHT BACK TO THE WAR AND THE CURRENT WAR. ASK YOU WHY YOU THINK IT IS THAT TO THE EXTENT THERE HAS BEEN BLAMED APPORTIONED...
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| 00:32:33 |
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DOWN. SO WE HAVE IT TO DIVIDE 99% TO GENERALLY IGNORE THEM THESE DAYS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE NO LONGER OUR BORDERS. SOMETHING THAT STRUCK ME RECENTLY...
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| 00:32:56 |
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ANYMORE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET TO QUESTIONS FROM THIS VERY EAGER AND ATTENTIVE AUDIENCE. QUICKLY WANT TO HAVE ONE OF MY OWN, WHICH IS YOU POSE...
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| 00:33:41 |
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TO ME IS THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW. BUT IT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST THINGS TO KRISTIN LORTIE SUGGESTED IT TO ME. YES, LEADERS HAVE TO BE MANAGERS, THAT...
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| 00:35:03 |
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SUCCESS LEADS THROUGH BERLIN. >> THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION
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| 00:35:10 |
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HAS THE INCENTIVE TO MOVE FORWARD TO TAKE SOME PRUDENT RISK. BUT IF EVERYBODY'S GOING HOME AND HERE COME THE KEEPER NO SCREEN, YOUR HEAD DOWN AND...
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| 00:36:14 |
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MINISTER -- HE'S AN OWNER. >> YOU DON'T
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| 00:36:17 |
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GET TO FIRE THE HONORS. >> THE FIRST TIME C-SPAN HAS
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| 00:36:22 |
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HAD A DISCUSSION OF THE REDSKINS IN A
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| 00:36:27 |
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WHILE. >> LISTEN. I KNOW THERE'S GOOD QUESTIONS OUT THERE. WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH MICROPHONES. THESE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND WHO YOU ARE WITH AND REALLY MAKE...
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| 00:36:45 |
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ABOUT WARFARE. I AM ELLIOT ROAD WAS. I'M RETIRED AND HAVE READ SEVERAL OF YOUR BOOKS BEFORE THIS ONE AND I ADMIRE YOUR WORK. I SAW A FILM ABOUT A...
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| 00:37:49 |
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QUESTION ABOUT COMMANDERS BEING OUT THERE. IT'S CLEARLY ONE OF THE MEASURES. ARE THEY GETTING OUT AND ABOUT? GENERAL SANCHEZ DID NOT GENERALLY. IF...
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| 00:39:53 |
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ON THE GERMAN MILITARY AND I WOULD NOT VENTURE TO IT. BUT I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING, BOB GOLD IS THE CORRECT ME. >> WITH
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| 00:40:01 |
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CONSUMER QUESTIONS. RIGHT HERE, MAN. >>
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| 00:40:09 |
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HI. HI, TOM. I WANTED TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH MILITARY FAMILIES -- KRISTI KATH MEN COME EXECUTIVE FOR COLLEGE IS A NONPROFIT TO...
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| 00:41:26 |
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POINT. THE OTHER DAILY SPEAKING OF POLITICS & PROSE, OUR GREAT LOCAL BOOKSTORE AND RETIRED BRIGADIER GENERAL STEPHEN ACTRESS, MEDICAL OFFICER GOT...
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| 00:42:14 |
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IN THE BOOK ABOUT PATTON AND HIS FAMOUS EXPLOSION AT A SOLDIER WHO IS SUFFERING FROM MORE FATIGUE. >> ANOTHER SPEAKING TRUTH
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| 00:42:27 |
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TO POWER. THIS BASICALLY PTSD, THE MEDICAL COMMANDER SAT DOWN AND WROTE THE REPORT AND FILED IT. I'M NOT SURE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH, CERTAINLY...
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| 00:42:56 |
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IT. >> OKAY. I WANT TO GET RID OF HER IN THE FRONT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO TO THE BACK. >> HI,
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| 00:43:06 |
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DON. BOB GOLD A SHOT. I DON'T HAVE A JOB. ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED IN THE BOOK IN YOU AND I BATTERED AROUND A LOT WAS THAT THE COMMANDERS OF...
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| 00:43:56 |
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IT. I HAVE SOME IMPRESSIONS, WHICH IS THESE GUYS GENUINELY WERE THE WORLD. THESE GUYS BE TO NOT SEIZE A BATTALION OF REGIMENTAL COMMANDERS. THE GENERALS...
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| 00:45:13 |
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THEIR RECRUITING LITERATURE. >> THE PEOPLE EDUCATE
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| 00:45:17 |
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A WESTMORELAND. [LAUGHTER] AS DID ROBERT McNAMARA. THERE'S A REAL TRACK RECORD. SO THEY DON'T VALUE EDUCATION. GENERAL PETRAEUS POINTED OUT THAT EDUCATION...
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| 00:47:01 |
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FAN. I'M A BASEBALL FAN. >> OKAY, HERE. >> PETER ADELMAN,
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| 00:47:11 |
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DEFENSE CONTRACT I SERVED A LITTLE GOOD AFTER THE BATTLE. YOU TOUCHED ON SOMETHING EARLIER THAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO EXPOUND ON. YOU TALK ABOUT THE...
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| 00:48:02 |
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IS SORT OF A LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. I DO THINK IT'S EASIER TO FIX THAN WE THINK, THOUGH. I DON'T THINK THE CHURROS OF OUR GENERALS IS BAD. THERE'S...
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| 00:49:56 |
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SPIRIT, HUDSON ADVISORY GROUP. THEY ARE INTERESTED TO MAKE YOU TAKE A STEP BACK AND GO BACK TO WORLD WAR II AND THE INITIATION OF THE FOCUS ON ACCOUNTABILITY....
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| 00:51:33 |
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TRIVIA QUESTION. WHO IS GENERAL JAMES CHENEY? ANYBODY KNOW? PREDECESSOR AS THE AMERICAN COMMANDER IN EUROPE. IF HE RAN MARSHALL AND MOVED TO COMMAND...
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| 00:55:40 |
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ARMY. I HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK YET, TOM UNLIKE MOST PEOPLE. I LIKE TO THROW ONE PREMISE OUT TO YOU WHICH IS MY CURRENT INCARNATION IT GOES BACK TO...
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| 00:57:35 |
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APPLY. WHERE WAS LOOK AT TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS EVEN WHEN THE ANSWERS ARE NOT TECHNOLOGICAL. EXHIBITA B. AND IED. WE WASTED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS ON...
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POINT CAN ESPECIALLY THINK IT'S NOT JUST THE GENERALS, BUT THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AS HE DID IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT AND WATCH THE EVENT PLAY OUT. IT'S NOT...
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JUST CRACK FOR GENERALS ANYMORE. [LAUGHTER] >> YES, MA'AM. >> HEIGHT, CHRISTIAN
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| 01:00:44 |
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VARGAS, RECENT GRADUATE IN LAST YEAR'S INTERNATIONAL STAFF WRITER MANAGER. WERE VERY HAPPY TO HEAR WE INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE THIS BOOK. >> THE BOOK
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BEGAN -- THE MOMENT I THOUGHT OF THAT
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BOOK. >> RICHIE YEAR. FOR THE RECORD WERE DOING IT THIS COMING YEAR. >> ELIOT COHEN IS
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IN MANY WAYS THE INTELLECTUAL GODFATHER OF THIS BOOK. HIS BOOK SUPREME COMMAND -- LEC PROFESSOR AT JOHNS HOPKINS. HIS BOOK SUPREME COMMAND IS THE...
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MY QUESTION FOR YOU COMING OUT OF THE PROGRAM. I HAVEN'T FINISHED YOUR BOOK YET. I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY ANSWERED THIS, BUT WITH A VERY WELL-PUBLICIZED...
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PART IS EASIER TO ANSWER. A LOT OF THINGS MAKE ME DESPAIR. YOU KNOW WHAT GIVES ME HOPE? IS GOING TO SOUND PERVERSE, BUT IT'S NOT. THE DEFENSE BUDGET...
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| 01:03:51 |
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SO MANY GREAT QUESTIONS. I HAVE TIME FOR ONE MORE END I KNOW I'LL TALK TO A LOT OF THESE INDIVIDUALLY AS WELL. >> PERFECT
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| 01:04:08 |
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SEGUE. I'M A NAVY CAPTAIN AT THE NAVAL ACADEMY. COFOUNDER OF A FOREIGN WHO STUDIES WARFARE. I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD COMMENT OR RETHINK WHAT YOU...
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| 01:05:06 |
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QUESTION IN THE SHORT ANSWER IS I DON'T KNOW. I THINK YOU ACTUALLY KNOW MUCH MORE ABOUT THE SUBJECT AND IDEA. YOU'VE YOU'VE WRITTEN WELL ON IT. ACCOUNTABILITY...
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