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National Security News Content:

1. US journalist freed from Myanmar jail with ex-diplomat's aid
2. A complicated relationship: Biden and Xi prepare for meeting
3. Book Excerpt: Navy SEAL’s Behavior Led Teammates to Change Their Mission
4. Belarus Is Laying Tinder for a War. How Will NATO Respond?
5. A Dictator Is Exploiting These Human Beings
6. Taliban hold military parade with U.S.-made weapons in Kabul in show of strength
7. US Actions in Ukraine Backfiring as Risk of Russian Invasion Grows, Analysts Say
8. What the Taliban’s youngest fighters tell us about the future of the movement
9. The Stunning Lack of Accountability for the Botched U.S. Drone Strike in Afghanistan
10. EXCLUSIVE: General Atomics is secretly flying a new, heavily armed drone
11. America's lesson from Gaza: prepare for disinformation war
12. Senate ‘likely’ to move defense bill this week, Schumer says
13. How the CIA Lets America Down
14. Opinion | It’s Time to Get Honest About the Biden Doctrine
15. Japan ‘more than willing’ to help ensure AUKUS success
16. Does Security Assistance Work? Why It May Not Be the Answer for Fragile States
17. FDD | The May 2021 Israel-Hamas war was a stress test for normalization
18. Pacific Leaders Agree on Vaccines But Not on US Hosting APEC
19. Expand Israel-Arab-US military drills to counter Iran and its proxies
20. FDD | Sudanese Military Looks to Play Russia Against the U.S.
21. Consulting giant McKinsey profits off both sides of U.S.-China cold war
22. Opinion | Is America on the brink of a civil war?
23. Opinion | A Coke and a genocide (China and the Uyghurs)
24. All Over the Map: The Chinese Communist Party’s Subnational Interests in the United States
 

Korean News Content:

1. S. Korean official voices optimism on accord with U.S. on end-of-war declaration
2. End-of-Korean-War Declaration Could Have Serious Consequences for Alliance Security
3. How Can Unvaccinated N.Korea Escape Pandemic?
4. UNC says commander OKs expansion of visitation to Panmunjom
5. S. Korea cuts Indonesia's payment for joint fighter development: arms agency
6. North Korea building project points to reopening of border with China
7. N. Korea to hold conference on 'three revolutions' to boost internal unity
8.  N. Korea replaces, punishes 14 cadres and technicians working on nuclear-powered submarine program
9. North Korea's human rights and COVID-19 crackdowns
10. High Court sets Nov 24 for decision on AGC’S bid to strike out N. Korean’s suit over extradition
11. North Korea tried to vaccinate people against waterborne diseases in August
12. N. Hamgyong Province party committee holds meeting about progress in improving childrearing policies
13. Vaccines from abroad don't cut it in Korea
14. Japanese-Korean-Turkish language group traced to farmers in ancient China

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National Security News Content:

1. How the U.S. Hid an Airstrike That Killed Dozens of Civilians in Syria
2. ‘BE PREPARED’: Boss of China’s media mouthpiece issues thinly-veiled warning to Australia
3. Beijing urges US businesses to lobby against China-related bills in Congress
4. Joe Biden Should Cancel His Virtual Summit with China by Gordon Chang
5. Abandoned Afghan Commandos may turn to terror outfits if not evacuated: Ex-US official
6. Opinion | The Taliban Is Vulnerable. Here’s How to Seize the Moment
7. Hackers sent spam emails from FBI accounts, agency confirms
8. The paradox of American power: Even when we're losing, we're winning
9. 'Inconceivable' Australia would not join U.S. to defend Taiwan - Australian defence minister
10. Psychologists have found that triggering large prediction errors helps to change false beliefs
11. This Is The State Where The Most People Serve In The Military
12. The Truth Shall Make You Free: Catholicism and the CIA - Los Angeles Review of Books
13. Inside the clandestine rebellion against Myanmar’s junta
14. 1 Battle Proved That Nothing Can Stop the US Army's Green Berets
15.  Historian Timothy Snyder: ‘It turns out that people really like democracy’

Korean News Content:

1. [Newsmaker] Kim Jong-un’s prolonged absence from public stokes speculation
2. Vice foreign minister due in Washington to meet U.S., Japanese counterparts
3. Rival candidates show clear differences in diplomacy
4. Samsung chief visits US after complying with Washington request
5. [Lee Kyong-hee] ’Squid Game’: A binge-watcher’s view
6. You Can’t Understand Squid Game Without Understanding the Korean Concept Driving It
7. “We Will Stand With North Koreans Until The Human Rights Situation Improves”
8. 2 S Koreans arrested in Japan last year were part of N Korea cash operation: sources
9. Criticism mounting over military promo video (South Korea)
10. Sandworms of 'Dune' and ownership of culture
 

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National Security News Content:

1. ‘3212 Un-Redacted’ Review: Trying to Solve a Mission’s Mysteries
2. Hamartia, tragic righteousness and America’s ‘forever wars’
3. Leading Through the Impossible: Army Colonel Recounts Tragedy of Afghanistan Withdrawal
4. Andrew Sullivan says America's democracy is at risk because citizens can't compromise
5. Olympics sponsors pressured over China’s ‘appalling human rights record’
6. Picking up brass with a Green Beret
7. Folding America’s Nuclear Umbrella
8. U.S. Drug Maker Johnson & Johnson to Split into 2 Companies
9. National security adviser Jake Sullivan stunned by slow pace of federal bureaucracy
10. EXCLUSIVE: Russian disinformation ‘true constitutional threat,’ top Air Force general warns
11. Cyber agency beefing up disinformation, misinformation team
12. Ministry working to fight Chinese cognitive warfare
13. China’s Global Network of Vocational Colleges to Train the World
14. 5 'Truths' Have Guided US Special Operators for 40 Years, but They Face New Tests From Russia and China — And at Home
 

Korean News Content:

1. [VOA: Washington Talk] “The end-of-war declaration coordination is quite complete”… “Prospects for progress are difficult.”
2. North Korea sends delegation to China for emergency supplies
3. Risking China’s wrath, South Korean presidential front runner Yoon Seok-youl says more US Thaad missile deployments are possible
4. S. Korean candidate takes tough line on North's nuclear program
5. Ending the Korean War could be Biden's biggest mistake yet
6. US diplomat embroiled in controversy over alleged hit-and-run
7. Only 6 percent of South Koreans have favorable impression of Japanese PM
8.  Seoul’s flying taxi offers a glimpse into the future
9. Korean presidential hopeful vows big foreign policy shifts
10. Decoupling of Korean, US stock markets deepens
11.  Kim Jong-un’s longest absence in seven years sparks ill health rumours
12. The 'floating hotel' rusting away in North Korea

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National Security News Content:

1. Past as Prelude? Envisioning the Future of Special Operations
2.  Hundreds Seeking Evacuation From Afghanistan Forced to Leave Safehouses
3. Every US citizen who wants out of Afghanistan offered departure, State Department says
4. Cyber Marines could be empowered to act boldly under commandant’s future force vision
5. Why America Needs to Rethink the Taiwan Narrative
6. Do cyber spies dream of electric shadows?
7. How America can defend Taiwan by Elbridge Colby
8. ABC News Documentary ‘3212 Un-Redacted’ Counters Pentagon’s Narrative Of Deadly Ambush On Special Forces’ Anti-Terror Operation In Africa
9. Perspective | An Air Force sergeant killed himself on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The note he left is heartbreaking.
10. Poll: Veterans Say US Left Afghanistan Without Honor, and They Want to Talk About It
11. Top Haqqani Network leader named Taliban governor of Logar | FDD's Long War Journal
12. Let’s Get to Know Space Force, Trump’s Most Misunderstood Creation
13. FDD | A New Threat to Iron Dome
14. FDD | Canada must increase pressure on Iran
15. FDD | Biden Administration Hesitates to Condemn Iranian Terrorism in Iraq
16. PFLP Boasts About its Ties to Iran | FDD's Long War Journal
 

Korean News Content:

1. Sherman, Colleagues Send Letter to Biden Administration Urging the Pursuit of Peace on the Korean Peninsula
2. Is Your Representative Being Influenced by Extremists to Support a Bill Granting Concessions to North Korea?
3. North Korea tells military to prepare for winter as government lowers fuel allotments
4. North Korean hospital mum on cause of death for 10 ‘suspected’ COVID-19 patients
5. U.S. seeks closer ties with S. Korea for resilient supply chains: key diplomat
6. S. Korea, IAEA hold talks on N. Korean nukes, Fukushima water release
7. Korean presidential hopeful vows big foreign policy shifts
8. Should Our Security Controls Be More Like North Korea or Norway?
9. US repeats decision on when to change command has not yet come
10. Seoul monitoring N. Korea's move to mark 10th anniv. of Kim's leadership: ministry
11. N. Korea calls for efforts to achieve economic goals under five-year plan
12. Moon's push for end-of-war declaration losing momentum: experts
 

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National Security News Content:

1. PODCAST: A Hard Look at War with Veterans Fatima and Jason
2. To Honor Our Vietnam Veterans, Help At-Risk Afghans Today
3. Xi’s third term is not yet a done deal
4. Xi, Biden call will have Taiwan front and center
5. Honor Veterans by Having the Will to Win a War
6. How Army special ops can push back against Russian aggression
7. 100 years of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
8. Department of Defense Releases Annual Demographics Report — Modest Increase of Women in the Active Duty Force
9. China's leader Xi warns against 'Cold War' in Asia-Pacific
10. New camera footage from Niger ambush bolsters case for medal upgrades, moms of fallen soldiers say
11. Opinion | Veterans of the Afghanistan war deserve their own parade
12. CYBERCOM has conducted 'hunt-forward' ops in 14 countries, deputy says
13. The U.S. Military Isn’t Ready to Confront China
14. In Defense of Competition (Irregular Warfare and Competitive Statecraft in Strategic Competition)
15. When the War Ended, My Life as a Veteran Began
16. Most Americans don’t know how long the Global War on Terror has lasted: poll
17. Analysis | ‘I think we should throw those books in a fire’: Movement builds on right to target books
18. CACI Wins $785 Million Task Order with U.S. Army Special Operations Command
19. Taiwan hits back after Paul Keating says its status ‘not a vital Australian interest’
20. Air Force special operations general visits Japan to gain insight on seaplanes
21. The World Is Fed Up With China’s Belligerence
22. Hollywood is already making a movie about the Afghanistan withdrawal
23.  “Thank You For Your Service” is More than Enough
24. Not the 1990s Again: Rethinking US Strategy for Afghanistan Under the Taliban

Korean News Content:

1. North Korea Intensifies War Against Foreign Influence
2. North Koreans struggling with high prices, banknote shortages, and tougher ideological rules
3.  U.S. diplomat for East Asia policy discusses North Korea, alliance, supply chains in Seoul
4. Foreign minister says S. Korea-U.S. talks over end-of-war declaration in final stages
5. Despot Kim not seen in public for over a month sparking fresh health rumours
6. North Korean prisoners are lined up for gruelling work in rare photos
7. Could the U.S. Navy Strangle North Korea with a Naval Blockade?
8. Is Korea Overdependent on China?
9. North Korean hackers target the South's think tanks through blog posts
10.  North Korea teeters on the brink of famine as winter approaches
11. Joe Biden Must Change His North Korea Policy
12. A North Korean defector is on the run in China after escaping from prison 23 days ago, with police offering a $31,000 reward
13. Seoul rejects refugee claims by Chinese N. Korean defectors
14. What's behind the global K-pop and Korean film takeover?
 

To Honor Our Vietnam Veterans, Help At-Risk Afghans Today

By David Maxwell

As we reflect on American military history on this Veterans Day we can draw a simple parallel between our attempts at peace with honor in both Vietnam and Afghanistan. The chaotic and tragic end to both wars has much in common. However, a major difference is that there was no “decent interval” between the declaration of the end of the war and the collapse of the military and government in Afghanistan. We are still seeing the effects play out in Afghanistan. What is most heartbreaking is that so many were left behind in both countries who suffered at the hands of despotic regimes. But what is heartening is that great efforts were and are being made by veterans to evacuate people in the hope of giving them a better life.

A major difference between Vietnam and Afghanistan is the treatment of veterans at the end of war. Vietnam veterans were treated in despicable ways by Americans from being spit on to being called baby killers. Since then a “thank you for your service culture” has arisen that has all but eliminated public displays of disdain and disrespect. On the other hand, what remains a common trait of veterans of both wars is their desire to help those left behind. Talk to both a Vietnam and Afghan veteran and they will tell you about their service with their allies and the relationships they built through their experiences fighting a common enemy and their desire to ensure the safety and well-being of those they fought with and fought for.

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Please listen as Veterans Fatima and Jason describe their moving and riveting firsthand experience in helping Afghan Allies, Veterans and First Responders deal with the pain and agony of war through organizations like Shona Ba Shona (Shoulder To Shoulder) and Spartan Sword.

(Note: Please consider supporting their efforts to aid, evacuate, and integrate Afghan refugees through Shona ba Shona HERE).

EP 31 | A HARD LOOK AT WAR WITH VETERANS FATIMA AND JASON

Cavalry Agency, Navy Federal Credit Union, Purdue University Global and Veterans United Home Loans proudly present Your Next Mission™ podcast with the 12th Sergeant Major of the Army and Co-Founder of the American Freedom Foundation, Jack L. Tilley.

Your Next Mission™ is a new program initiative of the American Freedom Foundation. where you will be listening and enjoying outstanding and interesting guests who will provide insights and real take-a-ways for our Veterans, military service members, military spouses and families as it relates to their transition from military to civilian life. We'll be addressing topics and issues either you, a family member or friend may already be dealing with; this podcast will be a place where we can laugh and cry together and have frank and honest conversations about questions we’re all trying to answer and have some fun along the way.

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