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Statement of General John P. Abizaid before the Senate Armed Services Committee March 2006


http://www.centcom.mil/sites/uscentcom1/Shared%20Documents/PostureStatement2006.htm

U.S. Central Command, Statement of General John P. Abizaid before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the 2006 Posture of the United States Central Command, (Washington, DC, March 14, 2006). Contains brief sections on strategic communication, Centcom's role in "winning the war of ideas," integration of all instruments of national power, the need for more non-military personnel (State Department, USAID) in regional military commands, and contesting al Qaida and associated movements in the virtual world. General Abizaid calls for government answers to questions about how to deal with extremists activities on the Internet.


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