49 new Americans sworn in on Lexington’s Battle Green, birthplace of the American Revolution “No matter where you come from,” Steve Cole told the people gathered on Lexington’s Battle Green Tuesday morning, “here you belong.”

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Security Implications of the China-Russia-North Korea Triangle publications.armywarcollege.edu/DesktopModul...

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HEAD QUARTERS MORRIS TOWN 12TH MARCH 1777 Sir You are hereby required immediately to send me an exact return of your regiment, and to send all your recruits, who have had the small pox to join the Army. Those, who have not, are to be sent to Philadelphia, and put under the direction of the commanding officer there, who will have them inoculated. You are to leave a sufficient number of proper officers to carry on the recruiting service, who are to bring up their men as soon as they are ready. No pleas, of delay, on account of the dispersion of the officers can be admitted, as every commanding officer ought to know where his inferior officers are, and they what recruits they have, and where they are to be found. You are to remain at Philadelphia, to procure arms clothing &c., and send on, your Major to Camp, to receive your detachments. Your Lieut. Colonel is also to come on, as soon as circumstances will permit. I am Sir Your most humble servant Go: Washington George Washington wrote this letter to Lt. Colonel David Grier on March 12, 1777. In it, Washington instructs Grier to send new soldiers to Philadelphia so they could be inoculated for smallpox. Washington wanted to make sure that his troops were not affected by disease, and he believed that inoculation would help with that. So, just before this letter was written, Washington created a mandated system of inoculating his soldiers.

George Washington wrote this letter to Lt. Col. David Grier on March 12, 1777. In it, Washington instructs Grier to send new soldiers to Philadelphia so they could be inoculated for smallpox... just before this letter was written, Washington created a mandated system of inoculating his soldiers."

The man who knew too little | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine Outside, it was a warm spring Monday, but Labour MPs, obeying some collective instinct, were wearing dark clothes, as though for a funeral. In the circumstances, it was unlikely that any of them were…

"The never-ending scandal of Peter Mandelson, a man who has been resigning from government jobs for longer than some people reading this have been alive."

Tweet by “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth: “The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.” Below there is a video of the announcement for his many, many illiterate fans

Behind Hegseth’s big stupid face, a painting can be seen.

The painting is of George Washington crossing the Delaware. It is by Emanuel Leutze.

An article from the National Parks Service: Smallpox, Inoculation, and the Revolutionary War Boston National Historical Park During the 1700s, smallpox raged through the American colonies and the Continental Army. Smallpox impacted the Continental Army severely during the Revolutionary War, so much so that George Washington mandated inoculation for all Continental soldiers in 1777. Just fifty-six years earlier, in 1721, Bostonian doctors and clergy introduced the procedure to the American colonies. Without the vision and determination of these early Bostonians in normalizing inoculation, Washington may not have made the decision to mandate inoculation for the Continental Army. Though it was a controversial action, many historians credit the medical mandate with the colonists' victory in the Revolutionary War and the creation of the United States of America.

🇮🇳-🇰🇷 Joint Vision Statement, April 20: www.pib.gov.in/PressRelease...

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"That might have been the perfect baseball season…until 9/11, it couldn't have gone any better for us" – Curt Schilling on the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks

The Denial of Strategy

So a JCPOA. Just not as good.

It’s a real statement by Palantir

The Hershey company finally responds to critiques that European chocolate is better:

Behind Trump’s Public Bravado on the War, He Grapples With His Own Fears The president’s impulsive style has never been tested in a sustained military conflict, and he’s been ruminating on Jimmy Carter’s failure in Iran.

Astonishing WSJ piece documenting the entirely broken national security policy process of this admin, incl how decision to attack Iran was made; that Trump is kept out of the room and loop during sensitive mil ops for fears he will wreck them; to those 25th Amendment social media posts over Easter.

Really late to The Bone Temple, but it may be the finest Duran Duran musical ever.

Yes please - would love to read! odonnell@apln.network

Forthcoming:
Vasabjit Banerjee and Benjamin Tkach. "Strategic Competition and Industrial Weakness: Why India Lost its Way on Defense Manufacturing". Comparative Strategy.

If anyone wants an advanced copy, please, send word.

The Inside Story of Five Days That Remade the Supreme Court

“Over just five days, the justices had decided the issue. Even as they debated the Obama plan’s possible burden on the power industry, not a single justice, conservative or liberal, mentioned the dangers of a warming planet as one of the possible harms the court should consider.”

That process appears to have taken weeks, with as many as a dozen officials and lawyers aware of Mandelson’s vetting failure. Starmer’s statement would suggest he was not formally notified by any of them until a few days ago.

Enough civil servants debating Whether To Tell Starmer for a team-building away day with breakout groups.
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PALLETS OF CASH TO IRAN?!?

High Octane YouTube video by Cloud Battalion - Topic

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Who wants to bet the White House will call it an “Agreed Framework,” with zero awareness of how that language was used elsewhere

“The Ballroom is deeply important to our National Security” is priceless.

Exclusive: US to delay weapons deliveries to some European countries due to Iran war, sources say U.S. officials have informed some ​European counterparts that some previously contracted weapons deliveries are likely to be delayed as the Iran war ‌continues to draw on weapons stocks, five sources familiar with the matter said.

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South Korean President Lee to make state visits to India and Vietnam South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will make a state visit to India, the first by a South Korean leader in eight years, before heading to Vietnam, a presidential adviser said on Thursday.

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