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3 Ways Mitt Romney's National Security Talk Is About Politics
Tweet Share on Facebook October 1, 2012 CommentHeather Hurlburt is the executive director of the National Security Network in Washington, D.C. Heather previously served in the Clinton administration as speechwriter to the president, and as speechwriter and policy planning staff for Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and Warren Christopher. Follow her on Twitter at @NatSecHeather.
So, is this a national security election or not? Pundits, consultants, and donors—plus everyone who took a political science course in college or is old enough to remember "it's the economy, stupid"—have been saying "no" for months. Just last month, I heard two former Cabinet-level officials solemnly tell a roomful of colleagues, at a fundraiser no less, that "it's not about our issues." And yet.
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11 Ways to Fix U.S. National Security
Tweet Share on Facebook October 1, 2012 CommentDaniel Gallington is the senior policy and program adviser at the George C. Marshall Institute in Arlington, Va. He served in senior national security policy positions in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Department of Justice, and as general counsel for the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.
Too many of our national security policies, practices, and decisions operate to encourage and embolden our sworn enemies, rather than deter or discourage them.
