by editor | Nov 2, 2010 | Analysis, Defense Dept., Image, Intelligence, Iraq, Media, Military, Strategic Comm.
by Cameron Bean and Bennett Furlow On Friday, October 22, Wikileaks released almost 400,000 documents on the Iraq War. At first Pentagon spokesperson Geoff Morrell seemed to downplay the release, claiming the documents were “essentially snapshots of events” and do...
by goodall | Oct 7, 2009 | Afghanistan, Defense Dept., Government, Media, Narrative, Obama, Politics, Strategic Comm.
by Bud Goodall One of the important challenges of President Obama’s administration is to sell the continuation of our “overseas contingency operation” (or perhaps FATAVE) in Afghanistan to an increasingly disenchanted audience at home and abroad. But...
by editor | Feb 4, 2009 | Analysis, Defense Dept., Government, State Dept., Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman The new strategic communication leadership at the State Department is still a work in progress. Nonetheless DoD is making plans for better corrdination with it. So says the Quadrennial Roles and Missions Review (QRM) released last week. This...
by editor | Jul 11, 2008 | Defense Dept., Research
by Steven R. Corman Yesterday I participated in a Blogger’s Rountable discussion with Dr. Thomas Mahnken, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy, about the DoD’s Minerva program.  The audio from the roundtable was supposed to be up immediately...
by editor | May 20, 2008 | Defense Dept., Diplomacy, Government, Strategic Comm.
by Steven R. Corman Matt over at Mountain Runner did an interesting post today about a bill pending in Congress to create a Strategic Communication Management Board. He says: While members of this advisory body may and are likely to come from all parts of the...
by editor | May 7, 2008 | Defense Dept., Research
by Steven R. Corman I just got off a blogger’s roundtable teleconference with Thomas Mahnken, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Policy Planning (hat-tip to Matt for the heads-up about it). He was discussing the Minerva program, outlined by Secretary...
