By Larry Johnson
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Name: Larry Johnson
Email: larry_johnson@earthlink.net
Site: http://NoQuarterUSA.net
About: Larry C. Johnson is a former analyst at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, who moved subsequently in 1989 to the U.S. Department of State, where he served four years as the deputy director for transportation security, antiterrorism assistance training, and special operations in the State Department's Office of Counterterrorism. He left government service in October 1993 and set up a consulting business. He currently is the co-owner and CEO of BERG Associates, LLC (Business Exposure Reduction Group) and is an expert in the fields of terrorism, aviation security, and crisis and risk management, and money laundering investigations. Johnson is the founder and main author of No Quarter, a weblog that addresses issues of terrorism and intelligence and politics. NoQuarterUSA was nominated as Best Political Blog of 2008.See Authors Posts (1268) on March 2, 2008 at 2:24 PM in Current Affairs
Today’s press conference with some of the military officers and former senior Defense Department officials is worth your listening time. Taylor Marsh has the link.
I think it is striking that at least two of the endorsers are African American (e.g., Togo West). They are not hung up on the black/white issue. They are concerned about competence and the ability to lead.
Also noteworthy are two former Generals who have sons currently in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. As I have said before, Hillary understands the military and has a strategic vision of how to best use those assets. Her knowledge is deep and genuine. The men and women who spoke today in this press conference have had a similar experience with Hillary.