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Order of the day: Unless you’re having surgery, come see Pres. Obama speak

Military faculty members at the National Defense University got an order this morning to attend President Obama’s speech on Libya, to be delivered there tonight. The priority from NDU is that we fill these seats first with military faculty, then military students, then IFs, then civilian faculty and students. Military faculty: This is a mandatory ...

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Military faculty members at the National Defense University got an order this morning to attend President Obama's speech on Libya, to be delivered there tonight.

Military faculty members at the National Defense University got an order this morning to attend President Obama’s speech on Libya, to be delivered there tonight.

The priority from NDU is that we fill these seats first with military faculty, then military students, then IFs, then civilian faculty and students. Military faculty: This is a mandatory event for you unless you have a no-kidding, can’t change, got to be there, need that gall-bladder removed type of scheduling conflict. Please contact me ASAP as to your whereabouts this afternoon."

Tom: I am guessing "IFs" means "international fellows."

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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