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		<title>General Mattis’ Senate Hearing</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=371</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[James N. Mattis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Violence and progress exists in Afghanistan and sometimes the violence blinds us to the progress because it’s so heartbreaking to see innocent people murdered for no reason by an enemy who intentionally fights from among innocent people.” “We have the most ethically grounded military in the history of warfare and yet somehow we are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fate Defies SECDEF Gates&#8217; Manipulation of Generals</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=348</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:49:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The games that have been afoot over choosing the next Commandant of the Marine Corps were for naught. Those within the Navy who have a negative agenda for the Marine Corps and an administration that wants gays openly admitted to the military have been bested by fate. For that I say “thank you” to General [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mattis Should Replace McChrystal</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=333</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 12:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karzai]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure how the Army would feel about it, but General James N. Mattis would be the perfect man to replace General McChrystal who will likely resign later this week over a candid interview in Rolling Stone Magazine. Mattis, who doesn&#8217;t give a lick about being popular would always keep the objective in mind. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Warning Signs Have Been There All Along</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=304</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:50:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chowder Society]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[General James F. Amos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James N. Mattis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is another Chowder Society needed? My gut says yes! Updated June 15, 2010 to reflect on Gen Amos. Robert Gates does not like the Marine Corps. From needing a committee to decline a Medal of Honor for Sergeant Rafael Peralta to canceling a vehicle that the Commandant of the Marine Corps has supported for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What (or Who) Fosters Treason?</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=297</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 03:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comments On News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[betrayal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPC Bradley Manning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe (wired.com) The following are my thoughts regarding the arrest of SPC Bradley Manning, an Army intelligence analyst, who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks. He also took credit for leaking a video of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>War Beneath the Waves by Don Keith</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=290</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[USS Billfish]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine that you’re suffocating from poisonous gas being pumped into the chamber you’re locked in.  You hear explosions and feel concussions all around. You feel helpless as you are thrust down toward a watery grave. Fear is gripping you, and thinking about a terrifying death is pushing you toward madness. Will you drown or pass [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islands of the Damned by R.V. Burgin, with William Marvel</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=283</link>
		<comments>http://donnadiane.com/?p=283#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 12:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battle of New Britain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battle of Okinawa]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Marvel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The very real events of Islands of the Damned took place over sixty-five years ago yet it is a timely book relevant to today’s war. The chilling effects of hand to hand combat on the individual have not changed in millennia, and as we prosecute our global war on terror it would be wise for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Letter to Secretary Mabus Concerning the USS John P. Murtha</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=269</link>
		<comments>http://donnadiane.com/?p=269#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 04:32:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Letter to Ray Mabus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please feel free to copy this letter and mail it to Secretary Mabus. There is power in numbers. Sunday, May 2, 2010 The Honorable Ray Mabus Secretary Department of the Navy 1000 Navy Pentagon Washington DC, 20350-1000 Dear Secretary Mabus, I am writing to vehemently express my disapproval of the naming of a San Antonio [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Commandant of the Marine Corps</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=209</link>
		<comments>http://donnadiane.com/?p=209#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Comments On News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commandant of the Marine Corps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David M. Shoup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Monroe Shoup]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James N. Mattis]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[An excerpt from the field notebook carried by Colonel David M. Shoup during the battle of Tarawa: &#8220;If you are qualified, fate has a way of getting you to the right place at the right time &#8211; tho&#8217; sometimes it appears to be a long, long wait.&#8221; For Shoup, the combination of time and place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Victory Point by Ed Darack</title>
		<link>http://donnadiane.com/?p=177</link>
		<comments>http://donnadiane.com/?p=177#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>D</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victory Point will sweep you into the arcane world of Afghanistan’s beautiful yet austere Hindu Kush Mountains, a place ruled by a mix of ancient tribalism and Islam. This recounting of two historic military operations in the ongoing war against terror is written with the riveting passion usually found in first class works of fiction. [...]]]></description>
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