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10/03/05: Thoughts after the Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the End of the Holocaust

Submitted by Chris Dodd on October 3, 2005 - 2:24am.
Whitney Harris is the oldest surviving member of the prosecutorial team at Nuremburg. He's 93 years of age, and I'm hoping that at 63, I'll look as good as he does at 93. He's a remarkably strong individual, and he gave a long and very poignant talk this evening about his recollections of being at Nuremburg.

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( published in: Foreign Affairs & Human Rights )

10/02/05: Thoughts after the BRAC Rally

Submitted by Chris Dodd on October 2, 2005 - 11:43am.

Today's rally celebrated the BRAC commission’s vote to keep Sub Base New London open. This was important because it allows for our submarine technologies to remain a part of the structures of our national defense. This vote was really in my view a battle within the navy between the surface ships and the submariners.

When you have 400 submarines plowing the ocean of the world and more than half of them are being operated by countries that are not necessarily our allies, in fact a lot of them are quite the opposite, it seems important that we be able to respond to that technological threat. Submarines are a stealth technology; they’re what America’s going to need as part of our 21st century national defense.

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( published in: National Security | Strengthening our Military )

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