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Tuesday, December 15, 2009

I wonder if Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand will follow in what we might call a domino effect

Secretary Gates hosted an honor cordon to welcome Vietnam's Minister of National Defense General Phung Quang Thanh to the Pentagon yesterday at lunchtime.

What are the chances this is happening with Abdul Rahim Wardak's successor in 2050? (Prediction: low.)

If you're actually interested in the subject of U.S.-Vietnam defense relations instead of me scoring cheap rhetorical points about Afghanistan, check out this Q&A from CSIS. I'm not, really, but still found it to be genuinely informative and useful. (See, I can say good things about think tank products!)

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AJKDecember 15, 2009 at 11:32 AM
I chuckled pretty hard at your headline there.
And also, after some wikiresearching, it looks like Adm. Mullen met Wardak at my high school. Let's give it up for the International Style!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mike_Mullen_and_Abdul_Rahim_Wardak_in_2007.jpg
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SjadenOctober 9, 2017 at 5:24 AM
I always have wanted to visit Vietnam and just now, I got to know of the http://greenvisa.io/ visa service and I will be getting my visa to go to Vietnam from them.
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