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Abolish SECDEF and OSD?

October 15th, 2007 4 Comments

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 and [...]

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Cold War Begins to Turn Hot…

October 15th, 2007 3 Comments

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:

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