by Michael F. McNamara | Jan 23, 2018 | DOD, National Policy / National Power
Secretary of Defense James Mattis
National Defense Strategy Speech
Johns Hopkins University
January 19, 2018
MANDATORY LISTENING!!! The Secretary of Defense chose the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington D.C. to unveil his “National Defense Strategy” on January 18, 2018. It’s an important speech because from this speech, you will see initiatives in the DOD that will support its goals. Most important are the Secretary’s three horizontal themes that will color everything the DOD does going forward.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Jan 22, 2018 | Vietnam
Karl Marlantes
1stLt USMC, Receiving the Navy Cross
And… today…. sage writer
Karl Marlantes chronicled the issue of “race” in his Vietnam War novel Matterhorn, he joins us to talk about how race was a part of daily life in Vietnam and how the issue changed from when you were “in the rear” and when you were “in the bush.”
Karl also discusses the varied reactions he’s received on the Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary “The Vietnam War” which aired on PBS this past Fall.
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by Michael F. McNamara | Jan 18, 2018 | Current Events, Immigration, North Korea, Politics
John F. Kelly
Secretary
Dept of Homeland Security
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