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25/01/2010 | 0 comments
I'm back from spending a few days in Afghanistan last week – and I came away encouraged and optimistic about our approach.
In the course of three days in both Kabul and Herat, which is out west, I had the privilege to observe both ISAF and Afghan forces in action.

11/01/2010 | 0 comments
Last Friday I flew to my U.S. European Command (EUCOM) headquarters in Stuttgart to conduct an "All Hands” with the military and civilian personnel assigned to the headquarters at Patch Barracks. The flight from my NATO headquarters in Belgium was an airborne "sleigh ride,” and the landing a bit of a white knuckle experience. However, I really wanted to meet with the team and talk about the "way ahead” for 2010, share with them my perspective, and solicit their feedback.

03/01/2010 | 0 comments
While the SHAPE and U.S. European Command reading lists (available from our websites) provide some wonderful selections, I thought I'd quickly offer five good books that I read over the course of 2009 that relate to some aspect of what we are about these days.Since reading both fiction and non-fiction is a good way to keep things in balance, some of each are on the short list below.