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Global Policy Studies & International Security

Balancing Treason and Rights of Citizenship

Post author By Patrick Davis
Post date October 5, 2011
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Anwar al-Awlaki knew that America targeted him as a leader of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. In early February The New York Times reported that President Obama authorized al-Awlaki’s targeted killing. If he missed that article, the Hellfire Missiles that hit his car on May 5, 2011 in an unsuccessful attempt to take him […]

Tags 9/11, Global Policy Studies and International Security, military and veterans, Obama, terrorism

Blind Consumption: Realizing the Full Costs of Oil

Post author By Jason Brooks
Post date September 8, 2011
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On January 2, 2002, less than four months after the terrorist attacks of September 11, I enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps. I did so in part to serve my nation and in part to earn money for college. In the summer of 2006, while serving my second tour in Iraq, I was on […]

Tags 9/11, 9/11 Retrospective, energy, military and veterans, national security