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Not everyone’s thinking about land warfare

These cats are thinking about air, sea, space and cyberspace warfare: Admiral Gary Roughead, USN, Chief of Naval OperationsGeneral Carrol H. Chandler, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air ForceChris Inglis, Deputy Director, National Security AgencyNorman R. Augustine, Renowned Aerospace Expert and Former Chairman of the Defense Science Board Abraham M. Denmark, CNAS FellowJanuary 26, ...

By , a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.
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These cats are thinking about air, sea, space and cyberspace warfare:

These cats are thinking about air, sea, space and cyberspace warfare:

Admiral Gary Roughead, USN, Chief of Naval Operations
General Carrol H. Chandler, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force
Chris Inglis, Deputy Director, National Security Agency
Norman R. Augustine, Renowned Aerospace Expert and Former Chairman of the Defense Science Board
Abraham M. Denmark, CNAS Fellow
January 26, 2010
1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.
The Newseum’s Knight Conference Center

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Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1

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