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Expertise
Diplomacy and foreign affairs. How government decision-making takes place. Interactions of the White House, State Dept., Pentagon, Congress and CIA in formulating policy. How governments deal with each other. Area expertise includes Afghanistan, Indochina, Europe, Cuba. Served in Guantanamo. Currently a member of the Diplomatic Readiness Reserve and Standby Response Corps.
Experience in the area
23-years as a diplomat with the U.S. State Dept. Previously at the Defense Dept. Prior to joining government, worked as a journalist with major news organizations.
Publications
CBS-News, UPI; various newspapers. Published novelist: PERMANENT INTERESTS and CHASM.
Education/Credentials
M.A. - U.S. Naval War College
M.A. - Columbia Univ.
B.A. - George Washington Univ.
Awards and Honors
Various in government.
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2009-11-22 Korean DMZ:
Simon: The Korean DMZ is 155 miles (248 km) long and approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and is the most heavily militarized border in the world. Tours are available to the Panmunjom facilities
2009-09-18 US Army Weapons Policy in Iraq:
Tom: CENTCOM issued an order in November 2006 on this. It covers both Iraq and Afghanistan. See: http://info.publicintelligence.net/CENTCOM_arming_policy.pdf This order was further refined in
2009-09-17 Support Troop to Combat Troop Ratios:
Larry: Since World War II; the ratio of U.S. combat troops to combat service support and support has gone from 4 support soldiers to 1 infantryman to 7 support soldiers to 1 infantryman in Iraq and
2009-09-05 RPG 7 Backfire:
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