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		<title>Afghanistan is the Best Line Item DoD Could Cut</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diligent&#8217;s CEO J. Michael Barrett authored an op-ed for the Washington Examiner about how in an era of fiscal constraints there needs to be more realism injected into our national security policy, starting with stopping the waste of funds to the hopeless cause of any &#8216;meaningful victory&#8217; in Afghanistan.  The piece closes with the recognition [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Examiner article: Smarter Grid is a Smart Investment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diligent team co-authored a recent feature article for the Washington Examiner titled Smarter Grid is a Smart Investment.  It is based on a 4-part strategy document we recently completed for the Lexington Institute regarding how to make the U.S. Electrical Grid more resilient, available here: http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org/energy. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Discussion of Recent Events in Egypt, Including US Arms Sales</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 04:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Barrett is part of a panel discussing the recent events in Egypt and how the current regime&#8217;s actions mean we should delay transfer of 20 F-16 fighter jets.  A link to the clip on YouTube is available by clicking here.]]></description>
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		<title>Domestic Preparedness article regarding need for Resilience in the U.S. electrical grid</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 03:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As several million Americans continue to struggle with the devastation wrought by Superstorm Sandy, it is worth asking how the nation can better prepare to weather future natural and manmade disasters. This is particularly important in considering one of the storm’s most important impacts – namely, its near-total destruction of the electrical power grid and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analysis of Reports of Syrian Use of Chemical Weapons</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:39:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diligent&#8217;s CEO Mike Barrett discusses the realities of the ongoing conflict in Syria and the reported possible use of chemical weapons.  Discussion includes 3 plausible scenarios regarding those reports, as well as putting the death in Syria in perspective in comparison to Mexico, another war torn nation and one that&#8217;s on our border and closer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian Oil Sanctions, Smuggling &amp; Investments</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 04:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diligent CEO Mike Barrett discusses the ongoing sanctions against Iran and how the regime there continues to make investments thru revenues from smuggling oil into world markets in an interview with Melissa Francis of Fox Business News.  A clip of the interview is available on YouTube by clicking here: Oil Sanctions, Smuggling &#38; Investments.]]></description>
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		<title>Article: Battle Ready Radars, The Hill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diligent CEO Mike Barrett&#8217;s latest article appeared in The Hill newspaper on 29 October, 2012.  A pdf version of the article is available by clicking here: Battle Ready Radars.]]></description>
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		<title>Israel Shoots Down Iranian Drone, Sign of Looming Conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diligent&#8217;s CEO Mike Barrett discusses the evolution of asymmetric warfare and technology used by sub-state groups as reflected in the Israeli shoot-down of an unarmed drone, noting that the escalation of kinetic events portends a coming conflict.  A copy of the video on YouTube is available by clicking here:  Studio B, Israel Shoots Down Iranian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Libya and US Foreign Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 02:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diligent CEO Mike Barrett discusses national security under the Obama Presidency and implications for US interests in Libya and across the region.  A clip of the interview on YouTube is available be clicking here.]]></description>
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		<title>Giving Aid to Egypt&#8217;s Muslim Brotherhood is BAD Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diligent&#8217;s CEO Mike Barrett explains on Fox Business Channel how the proposed nearly half-billion dollar of aid to Egypt&#8217;s Muslim Brotherhood would be better spent on fostering business opportunities and pro-modernity forces that want to engage with the world.  This is notably different form the MILITARY aid, for that goes to secure Egypt&#8217;s peace with [...]]]></description>
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