securing our future – not just a talking point

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When I was in high school, every April, the principal would get on the PA and give his annual lecture about “rams butting heads” – which was his way of telling the boys to keep their tempers under control. Fights always seemed to peak in the springtime. Fifteen years after I first heard the speech, I found myself living in the Balkans. The principal’s voice would creep into my mind when I spoke with my colleagues about how we hoped for a late winter thaw to minimize the potential for springtime fighting.

Today, I find myself in Afghanistan.

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