Word: preparedness
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I'm not sure where the award ceremony for the feature films was held, but the shorts awards were given out a mile from town at a weird '80s dance party with a really bad buffet in a room without seats. I did not see Robert Redford. Standing near the...
But for all its size, the Pakistani military has not been an especially useful ally in the war on terrorism, in part because some elements of the army and intelligence agency are in cahoots with the Islamic militants they're meant to fight. But also the military is not equipped...
As Israel prepared to launch its assault in Gaza in late December, it braced for substantial casualties among its troops. Commanders warned their men of Hamas' suicide commandos, missiles that could smash tanks and knock helicopters out of the sky, and long-range rockets that could reach deep into Israel...
Israel may have confounded Hamas' plans to defend Gaza by entering the territory from three directions, avoiding the main roads which Hamas had mined and booby-trapped. Officers say Hamas and other Gaza militant groups had prepared a defensive wall using "hundreds of explosives, mines and booby traps." But for...
While many Senators greeted Daschle's withdrawal as a sad but necessary move in order for the Obama Administration to move forward, some said the controversy didn't warrant the move and that such levels of scrutiny could make it increasingly hard to find qualified individuals to enter public service...