Thomas E. Ricks

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A guidebook for managing military talent

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Balochistan looks ready to blow, and when it does, it likely will spill over

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An enlisted Navy sailor tackles suicide

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Nice work if you are under 24 and interested in making some public policy

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A powerful attack on the Marine Corps leadership — by a serving Marine captain

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Is the Pentagon trolling Trump?

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Operation Provide Comfort: A forgotten mission with possible lessons for Syria

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This guy needs to make up his mind

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How can a commander love his troops and yet send them to their deaths?

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Firings and such

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War dog: Jumping along

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Toward a new American naval strategy: Learning to play a strategic shell game

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Miller’s ‘American Power and Liberal Order’: Toward conservative smart power

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Trump’s foreign policy tweetstorm

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CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 18: Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 18: Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicks off on July 18. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Flynn calls out Iran

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