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Day: 15 October 2007

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Abolish SECDEF and OSD?

BySteeljawscribe 15 October 2007

Interesting proposal in the most recent Joint Forces Quarterly centers on abolishing the position of Secretary of Defense and OSD. The full article is here.  Salient points include: The office has too broad a span of control; JCS advice is too often limited or distorted; It has proved to be a source of unending conflict within…

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Cold War Begins to Turn Hot…

BySteeljawscribe 15 October 200715 October 2007

October 15, 1962: The imagery taken on the 14th of October overflight of Cuba by U-2 reconnaissance aircraft provide the first evidence of deployment by the Soviets of nuclear-capable missiles: More on the story behind the imagery here.

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