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Scroll and click your mouse on any of the regions above and find out important information regarding countries and leaders in those regions.
FEATURED OPINIONS
Counterterror Schizophrenia
By Jim Hanson March 8, 2010 @ 12:10pmClick here to read moreOur counterterror policy is suffering from a self-inflicted case of schizophrenia. We cannot seem to decide whether we are fighting a war against an implacable enemy sworn to our destruction or policing the world to capture criminals who occasionally commit violent acts. Our current policies are an incoherent mix of both.
Take the case of al Qaeda Christmas bomber Uma Farouk AbdulMutallab. After 9/11 Congress overwhelmin…
THIS IS YOUR NAVY TODAY
By Bill Paisley March 8, 2010 @ 9:49amClick here to read moreSpeech given by CDR Bill Paisley, USNR to a reunion celebration of the crew of the WW2 fast attack transport ship USS Frederick Funston, APA-89 in June of 2004
Good evening
First I’d like to say what an honor it is to be speaking before you tonight. I’d like to welcome you all to Washington DC – this can be an interesting place to live sometimes, in more ways than one, but it is …




