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							<title><![CDATA[We Lost Our Best Men in 'River City']]></title>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[I first heard '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'River City'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' called over the radio in 2006. I was a staff sergeant serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, manning the radio at our base in a bombed-out soap factory in Fallujah'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s warehouse district. Working alongside 11 other Marines on a military transition team,...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Defense Survey Reveals Age, Gender, Party Divides]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/07/19/defense_survey_reveals_age_gender_party_divides_149502.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Although Russia'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s brutal invasion of Ukraine has dominated worldwide headlines for more than a year and refocused the attention of U.S. policymakers on NATO and Eastern Europe, Americans are much more worried about China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s emerging power.
In an open question asked by RealClear...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Veteran at the Breaking Point]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleardefense.com/video/2022/08/24/a_portrait_of_a_veteran_at_the_breaking_point_realcleardefense_hot_wash_podcast_849868.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Writer/Director Abi Damaris Corbin discusses her new film, "Breaking," based on the real-life story of the late Brian Brown-Easley, a Marine Corps veteran who robbed a Wells Fargo Bank with a bomb threat in 2017.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[U.S. Space Command--Preventing Another 'Sputnik']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/12/23/us_space_command__preventing_another_sputnik_654267.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Space has once again become a prominent national security issue 63 years after the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite. Sputnik's launch sent shockwaves throughout the U.S.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[As NATO Turns 70, Survey Shows Frayed Bonds]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/04/04/as_nato_turns_70_survey_shows_frayed_bonds_139950.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[April 4 is the 70th anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, which began with the signing of the so-called Washington Treaty by 12 founding nation-states, mostly Western European nations along with the United States.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  The pact was an expansion of the Brussels Treaty that...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[China's Alleged Big Hack -- 'No There, There']]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/10/chinas_alleged_big_hack_--_no_there_there_138317.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Responding to Bloomberg'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s blockbuster story last week regarding China'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s alleged implanting of microchips into the U.S. supply chain, National Security Agency official Rob Joyce says the NSA found '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'no there, there.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';'
At a Wednesday event hosted by the U.S. Chamber of...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Afghanistan: We Must Decide on a New War Strategy]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/09/afghanistan_we_must_decide_on_new_war_strategy_138284.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Sunday marked the 17th anniversary of the start of war in Afghanistan, the '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'War on Terror.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' Originally referred to as Operation Enduring Freedom, the U.S. invasion was America'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s response to the attacks of 9/11, still the deadliest terrorist strike in world history. Home to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Poll: Most Americans, South Koreans Back Summit]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/06/11/poll_most_americans_south_koreans_back_summit_137245.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[On the eve of President Trump'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, world leaders are uneasy about what may transpire in Singapore, and U.S. foreign policy experts are openly divided.
But what about the people who have the most to gain'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'or to...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Remembering -- and Aiding -- Families of the Fallen]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/05/28/remembering_--_and_aiding__families_of_the_fallen_137134.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Your silent tents of greenWe deck with fragrant flowersYours has the suffering been,The memory shall be ours.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('“').';' Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
On this Memorial Day, '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' it has been 16 years and counting since the United States has been at war....]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Preparing for Warfare's Fifth Domain]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/03/29/preparing_for_warfares_fifth_domain__136640.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2018 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In this series of articles running through July, RealClearPolitics and RealClearDefense take an in-depth look at the intersection of cybersecurity, technology, and warfare in the 21st century.
Nearly four decades ago, Ronald Reagan ran for president vowing to upgrade U.S. armed forces on...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Civilian-Military Gap Closes in a War-Weary Nation]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/11/12/the_civilian-military_gap_closes_in_a_war-weary_nation_112619.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<title><![CDATA[The 'Warrior Monk' as Secretary of Defense]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2016/11/26/the_warrior_monk_a_secretary_of_defense_110383.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>David Craig</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The quantity of former senior military officers under consideration to join the Trump Administration has drawn enthusiasm and ire.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  Military and veteran communities generally are enthused by the prospect of Jim Mattis as secretary of defense or John Kelly as secretary of state.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';'  By...]]></description>
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