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That time a Marine general led a fictional Iran against the US military – and won In 2002, the U.S. military tapped Lt. Gen. Paul Van Riper to lead the red opposing forces of the most expensive, expansive military exercise in history. He was put in command of an inferior Middle Eastern-inspired military force. His mission was to go against the full might of the American armed forces. In the first two days, he sank an entire carrier battle group.

David Brock has 7 non-profits, 3 Super PACs, one 527-committee, one LLC, one joint fundraising committee, and one unregistered solicitor crammed into his office in Washington DC. Uncovered records expose a constant flow of money between these organizations. The Bonner Group, his professional solicitor, works off a commission. Every time money gets passed around, Bonner receives a 12.5% cut. Follow the money ... Let’s recap Say, for example, you donate $1,062,857 to Media Matters for America. This is how David Brock would have used your charitable donation in 2014: 1- Media Matters would receive your $1,062,857 donation The Bonner Group...

The Millennium Challenge Corporation is assisting the nation of Tunisia in achieving greater economic growth by getting it to improve its government and private-sector institutions, which MCC says suffer from a bloated workforce and strict labor laws that keep that unwieldy labor market intact. Tunisia, a North African nation tucked between Libya and Algeria, has agreed to pursue their reforms as a step toward signing a formal compact with MCC. First it must undergo scrutiny via MCC’s Threshold Program, which: assists countries in implementing policy changes in order to improve prospects for MCC Compact eligibility. MCC has signed 23 threshold...

NEW YORK, August 4 (C-FAM) The small African nation of Malawi is at the forefront of efforts by Western governments to withhold aid for basic services in order to impose a homosexual agenda on unwilling developing countries. This year, close to $350 million dollars of US financial aid was rescinded due to amendments in the country’s penal code criminalizing sodomy. Ultimately, Malawi acquiesced to bring its sodomy laws in line with those of the progressive West, but not without grave concerns about the new cultural imperialism on this issue.“In as far as we cannot run away from the fact that...

WASHINGTON — President Bush on Monday formally announced the 16 countries, including eight in Africa, that have been chosen to participate in a new foreign aid program that ties U.S. assistance to political, social and economic reforms. Standing in front of flags from the 16 nations, Bush said that under the new program, known as the Millennium Challenge Account (search), America is pledging to increase development assistance by 50 percent over three years. "This divide between wealth and poverty, between opportunity and misery, is far more than a challenge to our compassion," Bush said. "Persistent poverty and oppression can spread...

President George Bush spoke at a ceremony celebrating countries selected for Millennium Challenge Account, in the East Room of the White House. Bush plans to impose economic sanctions on Syria after accusing it of supporting terrorism and failing to stop guerrillas from entering Iraq, people involved in deliberations said on Monday. Congressional sources said Bush was expected to curb future investments by American energy firms in Syria and prohibit Syrian aircraft from flying into the United States. He also met with Defense Officials at the Pentagon and then held a press conference at the Pentagon following his talk with SECDEF...

See also http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1094371/posts - why Free Trade is Good and http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1094309/posts Free Market, Outsourcing, Socialism flaws The fact that trade protection hurts the economy of the country that imposes it is one of the oldest but still most startling insights economics has to offer. The idea dates back to the origin of economic science itself. Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, which gave birth to economics, already contained the argument for free trade: by specializing in production instead of producing everything, each nation would profit from free trade. In international economics it is the direct counterpart to the proposition that...

WASHINGTON -- The United States is now plunging into a fundamental overhaul of its assistance to developing nations, demanding that applicants for a rich new source of financing prove their worthiness. Already countries from Bolivia to Bangladesh are competing to be among the winners. This month, the board of the new Millennium Challenge Account met for the first time to lay groundwork for grants that President Bush has said will total $5 billion annually by 2008. In the first year, perhaps just 15 nations will win awards. The program is ambitious. If it is fully financed, the Millennium Challenge Account...

Millennium Challenge IDs systems BY Dan Caterinicchia Sept. 18, 2002 The recently completed Millennium Challenge identified a pair of key concepts and some information technology-heavy systems as warranting "immediate investment," while others are promising but need more work, according to the commander who led the experiment. Millennium Challenge, or MC 02, was the largest-ever joint military experiment designed to see how well the individual services' critical systems link with one another. The goal was to have the systems operate jointly to support ground, sea and air forces. Speaking Sept. 17 at a Pentagon press briefing, Army Gen. William Kernan, commander...

MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE '02: IN MOCK PERSIAN GULF CONFLICT, USA LOSSES SURPRISING, BUT FORCES VICTORIOUS!

FORT IRWIN, Calif. — In the largest and most complex military exercise of its kind, thousands of U.S. troops, some armed with handheld-computer devices, are fighting mock battles across the country, attempting to mimic what a major military operation could look like in the near future. Under the specter of a possible invasion of Iraq, about 13,500 real troops and 70,000 computer-generated ones are waging a simulated war, testing some of the most advanced technologies in development and providing a rare glimpse at the Pentagon's efforts to push the lumbering military into the digital age. "This is clearly the largest...