Thomas E. Ricks

Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy.

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Wanat: the families respond (III)

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You already banned Powerpoint? Great, next you might eliminate written orders

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Another unsatisfied customer: Here’s an alternative to Tom’s daft draft idea

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Last thought from a dying soldier

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Two divas: Patton vs. Montgomery

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Tom’s all for relief, but here’s the story of how I got relieved unfairly in Iraq

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Gates to China: Grow up, little comrades

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Here’s the most worrisome sign in a soldier coming home from combat

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The sorrow of life under DADT

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Why Tom Ricks is dead wrong about reviving the draft

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Rebecca’s war dog of the week: CPO Sinbad the sub-hunting sailor dog

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Defending Jane Mayer

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Rebecca’s War Dog of the Week: Afghanistan War takes another K-9 handler, Cpl. Joshua Ashley

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Myers: Rumsfeld’s style scared the poop out of some Joint Staffers

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BG HR McMaster: Allow active mistakes, but don’t tolerate errors of passivity

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