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America's Civilian Institutions Of Diplomacy And Development Have Been Chronically Undermanned And Underfunded For Far Too Long.

Often, Loyalty Means Telling People Things They Don't Want To Hear. It's Not Being Sycophantic, It's Not Telling Them How Wonderful They Are Every Day. It's Being Willing To Tell Them The Days They're Not Wonderful.

One Of The Toughest Battles In Intelligence Is Combating Conventional Wisdom.

Future U.s. Political Leaders – Those For Whom The Cold War Was Not The Formative Experience That It Was For Me – May Not Consider The Return On America’s Investment In Nato Worth The Cost.

Congress Is Best Viewed From A Distance - The Farther The Better - Because Up Close, It Is Truly Ugly.