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from the Chinese government." Congress To Hold Joint Hearings On Key Air Force, Pentagon Leaders Next Week. Defense News (5/20, Cohen, 73K) reports the Senate Armed Services Committee plans to "hold a joint confirmation hearing May 25 to vet President Joe Biden's nominees for Air Force secretary and two other key Pentagon posts."

ch seems a rather mild description for revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, civil wars in Syria and Libya, and the destabilisation of Arab states from Morocco to Saudi Arabia. In fact, it is precisely the "changes in the surrounding neighbourhood" that make it a bad idea to waste precious energy on a pea

l military machines. Today's threats are different: terrorism, cyber attacks, pandemics, proliferation and conventional wars. As Leon Panetta told the Senate Armed Services Committee at his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Defense: "We are no longer in the Cold War. This is more like the blizzard war, a blizzard of challe

ch seems a rather mild description for revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, civil wars in Syria and Libya, and the destabilisation of Arab states from Morocco to Saudi Arabia. In fact, it is precisely the "changes in the surrounding neighbourhood" that make it a bad idea to waste precious energy on a pea

l military machines. Today's threats are different: terrorism, cyber attacks, pandemics, proliferation and conventional wars. As Leon Panetta told the Senate Armed Services Committee at his confirmation hearing to be Secretary of Defense: "We are no longer in the Cold War. This is more like the blizzard war, a blizzard of challe