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Former Senior Policy Advisor for the Office of Transnational Threats, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction. Portfolio covered nuclear deterrence policy and nuclear arms control.
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It didn’t matter what phones they were using or what security was on the phones. They were discussing classified information through an unclassified, commercially available app.That is a major security violation. Anyone else in the government would be subjected to dismissal and possibly prosecution.
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As the article points out, this has been a costly and technologically impossible pipe dream since the Reagan Administration. Nothing has changed.
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They indeed have no shame. None of these people were DEI. If anyone is in a position not through merit, I would make the case that it’s the current Secretary of Defense.
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Yes, since the Republicans are now avoiding them.
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It never has.
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I had one in the early 70’s.
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Trumpet his team are such terrible negotiators. I’m sure that it will play to Ukraine’s favor.
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Agree!
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They have a very narrow definition of “All America.”
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So many better beers than Budweiser regardless whether you call it domestic or American.
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That acknowledgement should be highlighted in every media outlet that exists.
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People in the federal government do work weekends. And on holidays. Certainly, in my 33 year career in the civil service, I found myself usually working more than eight hour days and working holidays as well as weekends when needed.
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How is this even legally possible?
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Glad to see that the White House and the Pentagon are on the same page. Ha.
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I think that’s the only way we’re going to be able to stop what’s happening with his new administration.
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Appalling
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Here we go again. President Reagan thought we could do this too.
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Preservation of location uncertainty is how subs survive. Patrols in the seasons and oceans (which at this point can’t be observed) is standard operating procedure.
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The Russians also agreed to respect the sovereignty and territory of Ukraine in the 90s.