I used to fly helicopters for the Navy. Now I work at U.S. embassies to build our mutual security cooperation/defense relationships. I'm also reading a novel from every country in Africa (33 so far). I'm in the process of moving these over to a dedicated website: www.beyondachebe.com. Most of my non-africa book reviews are now over at www.kruzoo.blogspot.com
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FAO Quotables
"But being right, even morally right, isn't everything. It is also important to be competent, to be consistent, and to be knowledgeable. It's important for your soldiers and diplomats to speak the language of the people you want to influence. It's important to understand the ethnic and tribal divisions of the place you hope to assist."
-Anne Applebaum
-Anne Applebaum
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Article of the Week- Straight from local Nigerian Paper!
Anytime you can get an article from a newspaper in country is a good day! This probably isn't as big a deal as it seems. Per their constitution the President has the right to appoint his own security chiefs. He just did it very suddenly before upcoming elections.
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africa,
cooperation,
diplomacy,
FAO,
FAO Navy International Engagement,
nigeria
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