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Oct 15, 2024 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Walter Pincus |Laurence Norman |Patrick Tucker |Lolita Baldor
Quotes of the Day:"One idiot is an idiot. Two idiots are two idiots. Ten thousand idiots are a political party."– Franz Kafka"You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?" – Robert Louis Stevenson"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom; justice; honor; duty; mercy; hope." – Winston Churchill1. A Fight for the Future of US Special Operations Forces2.
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Mick Ryan |Patrick Tucker |Thomas Mutch |Robyn Dixon
Quotes of the Day:"When you get to the end of all the light you know and it's time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly." – Edward Teller"Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt."– Graham Greene"Time is a created thing.
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May 24, 2024 | 
myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Patrick Tucker |Stu Woo |Paul Mozur |Adam Satariano
Quotes of the Day:“Knowledge is born and conscience awakened.”– The Rebel (Albert Camus)“One of the saddest lessons of history is this: if we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We are no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It's simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we've been taken.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
stefanik.house.gov | Patrick Tucker
Washington, D.C. – In case you missed it, on Tuesday, Defense One reported that Congresswoman Elise Stefanik introduced a new bill Wednesday to accelerate the Defense Department’s use of quantum information science, from sensing and navigation to more ambitious goals of quantum computing for advanced artificial intelligence applications.
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Mar 28, 2024 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Patrick Tucker |Madeline Halpert |Eliot Brown |Nicholas DeMasters
Quotes of the Day:"Bottom line is - the right force in the right place at the right time to deliver the right effect. That's what we look at, and in many cases, those are SOF forces, especially with smaller nations they can go in."– U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Commander Adm. John Aquilino at March 21 posture testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee.
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Nov 15, 2023 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Patrick Tucker |Hannah O'Grady |Joel Gunter |Zam Yusa
Quotes of the Day:"If it is any consolation, you should be aware that very few armies have been equally competent in the conduct of regular and irregular warfare. The principal reason is glaringly obvious. Armies generally are organized, equipped, and trained to fight other armies with characteristics similar to theirs. In regular warfare one seeks victory though the decisive defeat of the enemies’ forces on the battlefield.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Jim Garamone |Bari Weiss |Oliver Wiseman |Patrick Tucker
Quotes of the Day:"Being in a minority, even in a minority of one, did not make you mad. There was truth and there was untruth, and if you cling to the truth even against the whole world, you were not mad."- George OrwellWe think too much and we feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness."- Charlie Chaplin“None of us have the promise of tomorrow, God forbid.
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Sep 12, 2023 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Patrick Tucker |M. Taylor Fravel |Simina Mistreanu |Huizhong Wu
Quotes of the Day:"The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie — deliberate, contrived, and dishonest — but the myth — persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Too often, we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F.
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Aug 29, 2023 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Patrick Cronin |Sheera Frenkel |Liza Lin |Patrick Tucker
Quotes of the Day:“An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life – becoming a better person.” - Leo Tolstoy“Do not speak ill of others, for it, tarnishes your own soul.”- Democritus. “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” - Ernest Hemingway. Yesterday, on social media, I came across what apparently is the new definition of Irregular warfare.
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Jun 9, 2023 | 
myemail.constantcontact.com | Michael Hirsh |Thomas Corbett |Peter W. Singer |Patrick Tucker
Informal Institute for National Security Thinkers and Practitioners (apologies for my tardiness. A late start and there was a surprising amount to cover and comment on especially concerning SOF snd IW). Quotes of the Day:1. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 9, 20232. China-Taiwan Weekly Update, June 9, 20233. The Pentagon Is Freaking Out About a Potential War With China4. With eye on China, US and five allies condemn trade-related 'economic coercion'5.
