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Buncha bigwigs discussing the “contested commons” next month at the Newseum: On January 26, 2010, CNAS will launch a major report on the global contested commons at an event featuring: Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead, USN; Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force General Carrol Chandler, USAF; renowned aerospace expert and ...

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Buncha bigwigs discussing the “contested commons” next month at the Newseum:

On January 26, 2010, CNAS will launch a major report on the global contested commons at an event featuring: Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Gary Roughead, USN; Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force General Carrol Chandler, USAF; renowned aerospace expert and former Chairman of the Defense Science Board Norman R. Augustine; CNAS Fellow Abraham Denmark; and a high-level cyberspace expert to be announced.

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1
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