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David Vine talked about his book Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World. He questioned the necessity of the 800 military bases the U.S. maintains around the…

Admiral Cecil Haney, commander of the U.S. Strategic Command, talked about the role of strategic deterrence in the 21st century. Topics included emerging threats, unrest in the Middle East and Eastern…

Michael Klare, Professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, spoke about his book, “Rogue States and Nuclear Outlaws: America’s Search for a New Foreign Policy.”

Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill talked about his book, Blackwater: The Rise of The World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army, published by Nation Books. He described Blackwater U.S.A., a private company that has provided military…

The panel of military leaders spoke about naval strategy and the use of seapower in U.S. foreign policy. The focused on improving international cooperation, restoring the Marine Corps…

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell spoke on “National Security in a Changing World,” on the American University campus. General Powell focused on the challenges to national security in…

Thomas Barnett discussed his book, “The Pentagon’s New Map, War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century”

Military commanders testified about training programs, issues surrounding U.S. efforts to properly train Iraqi security forces, and recommendation by the Iraq Study Group that more training…

Ann Finkbeiner talked about her book The Jasons: The Secret History of Science’s Postwar Elite, published by Viking. She explained how, in 1960, the Defense Department secretly assembled a group of…

Secretary Rumsfeld talks about President Bush fs State of the Union speech and about the Quarterly Defense Review scheduled for release on February 6. Among the issues he addressed were the…

Army and Reserve officials spoke to reporters about U.S. Army force structure and proposed organizational changes due to be released in the Quadrennial Defense Review the following day.…

The Center for American Progress hosted a discussion on whether a military draft was necessary to meet overseas military commitments. An article in the Washington Monthly had argued that an…

Military commanders testified about force strength, overseas deployments, and military transformation to combat emerging threats. They also talked about operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, adapting…

Military service chiefs talked about transforming the U.S. military to meet future challenges to national and international security. Among the topics they addressed were force integration,…

Secretary Rumsfeld and General Myers spoke to reporters about a plan to reorganize the military in order to meet contemporary and future threats to national security. The plan included…

Representative Les Aspin is chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He spoke about the new national security issues confronting the United States in the 1990's. He also talked about…

A panel discussed activism in the post cold war era. The topic of the discussion was: Informing our Activism After the Cold War.