SubscribeJeff Stein, SpyTalk Columnist & National Security Editor
Last month I stood on Omaha Beach, where the sand once congealed with GI blood, thinking about President Obama's first wartime Thanksgiving.
Labels: Afghanistan War, bravery, casualties, GIs, Obama, Omaha Beach, sacrifice, Thanksgiving, wartime, World War Two
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A half century ago President Harry Truman tamed a rebellious -- and hugely popular -- Gen. Douglas MacArthur, who wanted to dramatically expand the war in Korea by attacking China.
Labels: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Bin Laden, counteterrorism, Defense Department, Democrats, insurgents, Intelligence, Obama
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Women have run Britain's domestic counterterrorism agency, and a woman may soon run France's foreign espionage service. Three American women with similar credentials could possibly emerge from the shadows in an Obama, Clinton or McCain administration.
CQ Politics (05/30/2008)
Labels: cia, Clinton, DSGE, FBI, France, McCain, MI5, MI6, NSA, Obama, ODNI, women
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JEFF STEIN is an investigative reporter of long standing, specializing in U.S. intelligence, defense and foreign policy. In Sept. 2002, he launched CQ/Homeland Security. An Army Intelligence case officer in Vietnam, he later became CQ's National Security Editor and originated the SpyTalk column and blog. An occasional contributor to the New York Times and Washington Post, Jeff was deputy foreign editor for UPI during the 1980s. He appears frequently on CBS, CNN, MSNBC, Fox, the BBC and NPR as a commentator on national security issues.
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