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		<title>Truth, lies and Afghanistan: How military leaders have let us down</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis. Armed Forces Journal, February 2012. http://defensealt.org/zjV1gq Excerpt: I first encountered senior-level equivocation during a 1997 division-level &#8220;experiment&#8221; that turned out to be far more setpiece than experiment. Over dinner at Fort Hood, Texas, Training and Doctrine Command leaders told me that the Advanced Warfighter Experiment (AWE) had shown that a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panetta to U.S. Army: Branches Must Cooperate on Cuts</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Tilghman. Defense News, 12 October 2011. http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?c=LAN&#038;s=TOP&#038;i=7935114 Excerpt: Panetta said the Army should expect reserve-component troops to be a vital part of the future force. &#8220;As we draw down from these wars, we need to keep the Guard and the Reserve operational and gaining experience. This is the best investment we&#8217;ve made over the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army Operating Concept 2016-2028</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:43:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Army Training and Doctrine Command. TRADOC Pam 525-3-1, 19 August 2010. http://www-tradoc.army.mil/tpubs/pams/tp525-3-1.pdf Excerpt: This pamphlet revises the conceptual and operating focus of the Army from major combat operations to that of operational adaptability employing full-spectrum operations under conditions of uncertainty and complexity. TRADOC Pam 525-3-1 describes how future Army forces conduct operations as part of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army Data Show Constraints on Troop Increase Potential: Escalation in Afghanistan Could Leave Few Brigades in Reserve</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:59:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spencer Ackerman. The Washington Independent, 18 November 2009. http://washingtonindependent.com/68174/army-data-shows-contraints-on-troop-increase-potential Excerpt: [Lawrence] Korb &#8230; said a more realistic troop increase for Afghanistan would be 10,000 soldiers until the drawdown of troops from Iraq “begins in earnest.” There are currently 120,000 U.S. troops remaining in Iraq, almost twice the total in Afghanistan, though Gen. Raymond Odierno, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generals want faster, focused procurement</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megan Scully. Government Executive, 09 October 2009. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1009/100909cdpm2.htm]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Army To Switch 2 Heavy Brigades to Strykers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gina Cavallaro and Kris Osborn. Defense News, 01 Oct 2009. http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?c=LAN&#038;s=TOP&#038;i=4304167]]></description>
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		<title>A Strategy of Tactics: Population-centric COIN and the Army</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gian P. Gentile. Parameters, Autumn 2009. http://www.public.navy.mil/usff/documents/gentile.pdf Excerpt: Population-centric COIN may be a reasonable operational method to use in certain circumstances, but it is not a strategy. Editor&#8217;s Comment: Agreed! COIN is a collection of tactics. What is missing in Afghanistan is a strategy with any credible chance of success &#8230; despite the lip-service to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wars stretch Army and Marine Corps particularly thin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Katherine McIntire Peters. Government Executive, 28 September 2009. http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=43682&#038;dcn=todaysnews]]></description>
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		<title>The Army wants your comments on its new Capstone Concept</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Haddick. Small Wars Journal, 22 September 2009. article: http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/2009/09/the-army-wants-your-comments-o/ Army Capstone Concept draft: http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/doc/Army%20Capstone%20Concept%20V%202%207.2.pdf Post your comments: http://council.smallwarsjournal.com/showthread.php?t=8486]]></description>
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		<title>My Cousin’s Enemy is My Friend: A Study of Pashtun “Tribes”  in Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Afghanistan Research Reachback Center White Paper, TRADOC G2 Human Terrain System, United States Army, September 2009. http://easterncampaign.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/my-cousins-enemy-is-my-friend-a-study-of-pashtun-tribes.pdf Excerpt: Though tribe is a factor in Pashtun society, it is neither the only source of Pashtun identity nor the only foundation of Pashtun social organization. Traditions of shared kinship have formed the narrative foundations for Pashtun tribal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Army readies draft of modernization plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megan Scully. Congress Daily, 17 August 2009. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/081709cdpm2.htm]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the Army Mix Right</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Grant. DoD Buzz, 17 August 2009. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/08/17/getting-the-army-mix-right/]]></description>
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		<title>Obama submits plan to pay for troops</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megan Scully. Congress Daily, 14 August 2009. http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0809/081409cdpm1.htm]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive: Army Talks FCS Folo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colin Clark. DoD Buzz, 06 August 2009. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/08/06/exclusive-army-talks-gcv/]]></description>
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		<title>QDR Watch: Army Force Structure</title>
		<link>http://www.dodbuzz.com/2009/08/04/few-army-force-shifts-in-qdr/#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colin Clark. DoDBuzz, 04 August 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Army Planning for Last War?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colin Clark. DoDBuzz.com, 24 July 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>DoD to Grow Army by 22,000 and Pay with Cuts of $1.1 Billion from FY09/10 Budgets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 00:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Robert Gates has approved a temporary increase in the size of the Army &#8212; a three-year, 22,000-soldier boost designed to provide relief to a service stressed from fighting two wars &#8212; and promised to finance a $1.1 billion down payment on this end-strength increase by cutting existing programs from the fiscal years 2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US considers expanding army: Pentagon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AFP, 15 July 2009. WASHINGTON (AFP) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates is weighing a possible temporary expansion of the US army to ease the strain from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, his press secretary said on Wednesday. Gates was discussing the idea, backed by Senator Joseph Lieberman, with senior officers to add 30,000 troops to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Troop Levels in the Afghan and Iraq Wars, FY2001-FY2012: Cost and Other Potential Issues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service, 2 July 2009 (printable .pdf file).]]></description>
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		<title>Future Combat System (FCS) Program Transitions to Army Brigade Combat Team Modernization</title>
		<link>http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=12763#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) News Release, 23 June 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>Ground Forces Best: Mattis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Greg Grant. DoD Buzz, 2 June 2009]]></description>
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		<title>War Report: documents and articles about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Archives of 14,000 documents and articles on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan compiled by the Project on Defense Alternatives. This site was begun in 2002 and has been archived as of 31 March 2009. Subsequent articles and documents on Afghanistan and Iraq are included in the Defense Strategy Review page. http://www.comw.org/warreport/ Afghanistan Index by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sources: War tours strain US military readiness</title>
		<link>http://rempost.blogspot.com/2009/02/sources-war-tours-strain-us-military.html#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lolita C. Baldor, AP, 19 February 2009.]]></description>
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		<title>The 2006 Lebanon Campaign and the Future of Warfare: Implications for Army and Defense Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.comw.org/qdr/fulltext/0809biddle&#038;friedman.pdf#utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=feed</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:42:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen D. Biddle and Jeffrey A. Friedman. Strategic Studies Institute Monograph, Army War College, 25 September 2008. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website (printable .pdf file).]]></description>
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		<title>Total Army Analysis (TAA): Primer 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 23:43:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Army, 2008. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute Website (printable .pdf file).]]></description>
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