Introducing the Department of Peacebuilding
Posted By: floppingaces      2/27/2013 1:24:21 PM
Flopping Aces, by CJ
Original Article

You may remember that when then-candidate Barack Obama was running for office in 2008, he said, “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

Well, it seems as if the building blocks may be coming together if Lee has her way. She has introduced a bill that creates a “Department of Peacebuilding.”...

...I found it kind of ironic considering that today the president also released a new Executive Policy memo called “Countering Improvised