Washington Needs a National Strategic Plan

Both the Republican and Democratic candidates for president have campaigns built on the need for change. What exactly do they mean? Aside from targeting lobbyists and special interests, neither candidate has spelled out the details of how to bring meaningful change to Washington. If Washington is as broken as Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain claim, one might conclude that all of our federal elected officials are part of the problem.

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Puzzled

I am quite puzzled – even troubled. I’ve studied history for years, researched cultures, visited buildings and battlefields, toured museums, talked to the Locals in various parts of the world, even participated in some archaeological digs, but I just can’t figure out why history doesn’t always reveal why people did what they did.

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